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Example

Value Property (OracleLob)
Gets the value of the OracleLob object.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public ReadOnly Property Value As Object
 

Property Value

For OracleDbType.Blob and OracleDbType.BFile, an array of type Byte[]. For OracleDbType.Clob and OracleDbType.NClob, a string. For null data, Null.
Remarks
Check the IsNull property before reading the Value property to avoid raising an exception.
Example
This code fragment downloads a LOB field from a table to a file. Value property is initialized by calling GetOracleLob method and then written to a stream.
OracleLob myLob = myReader.GetOracleLob(myReader.GetOrdinal("Picture"));
if(!myLob.IsNull)
{
  string FN = myReader.GetString(myReader.GetOrdinal("PicName"));
  FileStream fs = new FileStream("D:\\Tmp\\"+FN+".bmp", FileMode.Create);
  fs.Write(myLob.Value,0,(int)myLob.Length);
  fs.Close();
  Console.WriteLine(FN+" downloaded.");
}
Dim myLob As OracleLob = myReader.GetOracleLob(myReader.GetOrdinal("Picture"))
If Not myLob.IsNull Then
  Dim FN As String = myReader.GetString(myReader.GetOrdinal("PicName"))
  Dim fs As FileStream = New FileStream("D:\Tmp\" + FN + ".bmp", FileMode.Create)
  fs.Write(myLob.Value, 0, Convert.ToInt32(myLob.Length))
  fs.Close()
  Console.WriteLine(String.Concat(FN, " downloaded."))
End If
Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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