Integrating Visual Basic with Oracle LOBs 1

[ssanadi]

How do you integrate Visual Basic 6.0 applications with Oracle 8i specific data types like CLOB, BLOB, BFILE?

For Eg: How to transfer data from Visual Basic Text and Image controls to Oracle data types like CLOB and BLOB in the Oracle database and vice versa.

 

[chiph]

Oracle has a COM dll or ocx (don't remember which) that installs with the Oracle client. If you add it to your toolbox, or set a reference to it (as appropriate), it might have some stuff in it that will help you out.

Chip H.