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Read data from excel and store it in blob [message #470622]

Tue, 10 August 2010 06:07

akilaa
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Registered: August 2010
Location: Chennai

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Hi,

I am getting the file using CLIENT_GET_FILE_NAME. I need to read the data from the .xsl file and convert it into blob. The file should not be stored in DB.

Please help me by providing suggestions / solutions.

Thanks.

[Updated on: Tue, 10 August 2010 06:15]

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Re: Read data from excel and store it in blob [message #470657 is a reply to message #470622]

Tue, 10 August 2010 06:59

cookiemonster
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Rainy Manchester

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Store the file.
What exactly do you think you can read out of an xls to store in a blob?

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Re: Read data from excel and store it in blob [message #470662 is a reply to message #470657]

Tue, 10 August 2010 07:05

akilaa
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Registered: August 2010
Location: Chennai

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Am using

l_attached_file BLOB ;
..
DBMS_LOB.createtemporary(l_attached_file, TRUE);
DBMS_LOB.open(l_attached_file,Lob_Readwrite);
file_handle := CLIENT_TEXT_IO.FOPEN(file_path,'R');

loop
CLIENT_TEXT_IO.GET_LINE(file_handle,newline);
DBMS_LOB.writeappend(l_attached_file,length(newline),UTL_RAW.CAST_TO_RAW(newline));

end loop;

i ll pass l_attached_file in my mail ,xls file is attaching but with unrecogonised content.

this code is working for reading txt file , but its not working for .xls and .doc .

Please provide the suggestions for reading xls files.

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Re: Read data from excel and store it in blob [message #470671 is a reply to message #470662]

Tue, 10 August 2010 07:22

cookiemonster
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Rainy Manchester

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You can't read binary files in chunks like that.
If you're trying to email it you need to attach the file as a whole. No other approach will work.

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Re: Read data from excel and store it in blob [message #470675 is a reply to message #470671]

Tue, 10 August 2010 07:48

akilaa
Messages: 7
Registered: August 2010
Location: Chennai

Junior Member

Thank you.
I am passing the attachment as a blob in my mail.
Is there any way to get the entire file and store as blob, so that i can use that blob in my code.

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