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//CREATE TABLE TestBlob (id number, photo BLOB);

using System;
using System.Data;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Types;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

1. Establish connection to an Oracle database using ODP.NET:

//Step 1
// Connect to database
// Note: Modify User Id, Password, Data Source as per your database setup
string constr = "User Id=Scott;Password=tiger;Data Source=orcl9i";
OracleConnection con = new OracleConnection(constr);
con.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Connected to database!");

2. Read an image file from the source location to a byte array:

// Step 2
// Note: Modify the Source and Destination location
// of the image as per your machine settings
String SourceLoc = "D:/Images/photo.jpg";
String DestinationLoc = "D:/Images/TestImage.jpg";
// provide read access to the file
FileStream fs = new FileStream(SourceLoc, FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read);
// Create a byte array of file stream length
byte[] ImageData = new byte[fs.Length];
//Read block of bytes from stream into the byte array
fs.Read(ImageData,0,System.Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length));
//Close the File Stream
fs.Close();

3. Create an Anonymous PL/SQL block using the OracleCommand object:

C#
// Step 3
// Create Anonymous PL/SQL block string
String block = " BEGIN " +
" INSERT INTO testblob (id, photo) VALUES (100, :1); " +
" SELECT photo into :2 from testblob WHERE id = 100; " +
" END; ";
// Set command to create Anonymous PL/SQL Block
OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand();
cmd.CommandText = block;
cmd.Connection = con;

// Since executing an anonymous PL/SQL block, setting the command type

// as Text instead of StoredProcedure
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;

4. Bind the Byte Array containing image data to an OracleCommand object:

C#
// Step 4
// Setting Oracle parameters
// Bind the parameter as OracleDbType.Blob to command for inserting image
OracleParameter param = cmd.Parameters.Add("blobtodb", OracleDbType.Blob);
param.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;

// Assign Byte Array to Oracle Parameter

param.Value = ImageData;
// Bind the parameter as OracleDbType.Blob to command for retrieving the image
OracleParameter param2 = cmd.Parameters.Add("blobfromdb", OracleDbType.Blob);
param2.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output;

5. Execute the Anonymous Block using the OracleCommand object:

C#
// Step 5
// Execute the Anonymous PL/SQL Block
// The anonymous PL/SQL block inserts the image to the
// database and then retrieves the images as an output parameter
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
Console.WriteLine("Image file inserted to database from " + SourceLoc);

6. Save the OracleBlob object retrieved from the database to the destination loc
ation given:
C#
// Step 6
// Save the retrieved image to the DestinationLoc in the file system
// Create a byte array
byte[] byteData = new byte[0];
// fetch the value of Oracle parameter into the byte array
byteData = (byte[])((OracleBlob)(cmd.Parameters[1].Value)).Value;
// get the length of the byte array
int ArraySize = new int();
ArraySize = byteData.GetUpperBound(0);
// Write the Blob data fetched from database to the filesystem at the
// destination location
FileStream fs1 = new FileStream(@DestinationLoc,
FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write);
fs1.Write(byteData, 0,ArraySize);
fs1.Close();
Console.WriteLine("Image saved to " + DestinationLoc + " successfully !");
Console.WriteLine("");
Console.WriteLine("***********************************************************")
;
Console.WriteLine("Before running this application again, execute 'Listing 1' ")
;
Console.WriteLine("given in 'Create Database Objects' section in the How-to.");
Console.WriteLine("***********************************************************")
;

Listing 1: Writing Text Data to a File: TextFileWriter.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
namespace csharp_station.howto
{
class TextFileWriter
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// create a writer and open the file
TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter("date.txt");
// write a line of text to the file
tw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now);
// close the stream
tw.Close();
}
}
}

Listing 2: Reading Text Data from a File: TextFileReader.cs

using System;

namespace csharp_station.howto
{
class TextFileReader
{
 static void Main(string[] args)
{
// create reader & open file
TextReader tr = new StreamReader("date.txt");
// read a line of text
Console.WriteLine(tr.ReadLine());
// close the stream
tr.Close();
}
}
}