Re: Storing images in the database

From: Jerry Gitomer <jgitomer_at_ictgroup.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:09:11 -0400
Message-ID: <6s11an$r9j$1@client3.news.psi.net>

Hi Jack,

Why not use Oracle like a big table of contents and index to some number of files where each file is a separate image. This is how many of the image and document storage systems handle the problem.

It is a simple approach that minimizes I/O.

regards

Jerry

Jack wrote in message <35E3219D.1C7BC849_at_dell.com>...
>All,
>
>I need to store and retrieve images with an Oracle 7.3 database. Any
>help on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jack Silvey
>Oracle DBA
>Dell Computer Corporation
>
Received on Wed Aug 26 1998 - 08:09:11 CDT