Example: Reading a Blob

Note: For more information about sample code, see Sample Code and Applications.

#include <oracl.h>

#include <iostream.h>

#include <fstream.h>

// Example for OBlob::Read

int main()

{

//Initialize oo4o, connect, execute sql

OStartup();

ODatabase odb("ExampleDB", "scott", "tiger");

ODynaset odyn(odb, "SELECT * FROM PART");

if (!odyn.IsOpen())

{

cout <<"Connect Error: "<<odb.GetErrorText()<<endl;

cout <<"SQL Error: "<<odyn.GetErrorText()<<endl;

return 1;

}

OBlob oblob;

odyn.GetFieldValue("PART_IMAGE", &oblob);

unsigned char *buffer = 0;

try

{

fstream fs;

fs.open("partout.bmp", ios::out);

fs.setmode(filebuf::binary);

unsigned long size = oblob.GetSize();

// calculate an optimum buffersize of approximately 32k bytes

unsigned long optchunk = oblob.GetOptimumChunkSize();

unsigned int bufsize = ((int)(32768/optchunk)) *optchunk;

if (bufsize > size)

bufsize = size;

buffer = (unsigned char *)malloc(bufsize);

//By taking advantage of streaming we get the best performance

//and do not need to allocate a large buffer

oblob.EnableStreaming(size);

short status= OLOB_NEED_DATA;

unsigned long amtread=0;

while(status == OLOB_NEED_DATA)

{

amtread = oblob.Read(&status, buffer, bufsize);

fs.write(buffer, amtread);

}

oblob.DisableStreaming();

fs.close();

}

catch(OException E)

{

cout<<E.GetFailedMethodName()<< " Error: "<<E.GetErrorText()<<endl;

}

if (buffer)

free(buffer);

OShutdown();

return 0;

}