// <Snippet1>
private void GetOracleBFile(string connectionString)
{
//Create and open the connection.
using (OracleConnection connection = new OracleConnection(connectionString))
{
connection.Open();
//Create and execute the commands.
OracleCommand command = connection.CreateCommand();
command.CommandText = "CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY TestDir AS 'c:\\bfiles'";
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
command.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE TestTable(col1 number, col2 BFILE)";
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
command.CommandText = "INSERT INTO TestTable VALUES ('2', BFILENAME('TESTDIR', 'File.jpg'))";
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
command.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM TestTable";
//Read the BFile data.
byte[] buffer = new byte[100];
OracleDataReader dataReader = command.ExecuteReader();
using (dataReader)
{
if (dataReader.Read())
{
OracleBFile BFile = dataReader.GetOracleBFile(1);
using (BFile)
{
BFile.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
BFile.Read(buffer, 0, 100);
}
}
}
}
return;
}
