Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

Changes in This Release for Oracle Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide

Part I Getting Started

1 Introduction to Large Objects and SecureFiles

2 Working with LOBs

3 Managing LOBs: Database Administration

4 Using Oracle LOB Storage

Part II Database File System (DBFS)

5 Introducing the Database File System

6 DBFS SecureFiles Store

7 DBFS Hierarchical Store

8 DBFS Content API

9 Creating Your Own DBFS Store

10 Using DBFS

Part III Application Design with LOBs

11 LOB Storage with Applications

12 Advanced Design Considerations

13 Overview of Supplied LOB APIs

14 Performance Guidelines

Part IV SQL Access to LOBs

15 DDL and DML Statements with LOBs

16 SQL Semantics and LOBs

17 PL/SQL Semantics for LOBs

18 Migrating Columns from LONGs to LOBs

Part V Using LOB APIs

19 Operations Specific to Persistent and Temporary LOBs

20 Data Interface for Persistent LOBs

21 LOB APIs for BFILE Operations

22 Using LOB APIs

A LOB Demonstration Files

Glossary

Index