Re: Storing images in the database

From: Steve Holdoway and Julie Holdstock <essnjay_at_kabelfoon.nl>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 17:17:12 GMT
Message-ID: <35e693ca.2447529@news.caiw.nl>

On Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:09:11 -0400, "Jerry Gitomer" <jgitomer_at_ictgroup.com> wrote:

Is really does make the administration of the database a lot, lot simpler!

Steve
>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 Thu Aug 27 1998 - 12:17:12 CDT