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Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849686921
Pages 504 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
MARCEL KRATOCHVIL MARCEL KRATOCHVIL
Profile icon MARCEL KRATOCHVIL

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. What is Unstructured Data? 2. Understanding Digital Objects 3. The Multimedia Warehouse 4. Searching the Multimedia Warehouse 5. Loading Techniques 6. Delivery Techniques 7. Techniques for Creating a Multimedia Database 8. Tuning 9. Understanding the Limitations of Oracle Products 10. Working with the Operating System The Circa Data Type Multimedia Case Studies Proactive Database Tuning Chapter References Index

Where does Oracle Multimedia fit in?


The Oracle Database supports three types of binary data types:

  • Binary Large Object (BLOB): This is a data type that contains binary data. Two structures exist in Oracle. The traditional one is called BASIC and a newer faster one, which was introduced in Oracle 11, is called SECUREFILES. The BASIC format will be desupported in a later release. The BLOB replaces the LONG data type which was the standard data type for any binary data. The LONG data type had a number of key limitations including only one being allowed per table and minimal support for controlling its storage. As of Oracle11g a BLOB does not have a maximum size.

  • Character Large Object (CLOB): This is a lob designed for text data. It is very similar in behavior to a VARCHAR of unlimited length. In Oracle 11g the difference is minor and text functions can be applied to a CLOB. A CLOB is useful for storing XML data. A CLOB is controlled by the database character set, whereas if an NCLOB is...

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