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Re: PDF files in Oracle DB

From: Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 01:35:18 -0400
Message-ID: <37521F96.75601E10@earthlink.net>


dontspameme_at_badspammers.com wrote:
>
> Probaly not easily.
>
> But the actual PDF data could somehow be inserted
> into the Oracle as a BLOB. You would have to
> make a program to extract and load the data tough.
>
> I would curious as to what is used as a client program
> to access the database.
>
> Les Diefenbach wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to have Adobe PDF files in a Oracle database?
> >
> > We want to let users upload various Adobe PDF files into a
> > Oracle database, have other users pull the files from the
> > database, edit them and reload into the database.
> >
> > --
> > Later Les...
> > ==============================================
> > Computer Sciences Corporation
> > Lester.R.Diefenbach_at_lmco.com
> >
> > MS security: We know were you went today...
> > ==============================================

I haven't tested it yet, but according to the marketing materials, that is
precisely what internet file system option is all about. It's essentially a
presentation layer which makes your database look like a remote file system
to Acrobat reader and/or ftp. To reiterate, my knowledge comes from the marketing
materials, I haven't yet had the opportunity to see neither proper manuals nor
software itself.
--
Mladen Gogala Received on Mon May 31 1999 - 00:35:18 CDT

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