Re: How to retieve binary data (bytea) without problem ?

Thank you Kris, I was absolutely confused about this situation.

I'll switch to Blob objects because increasing the JVM heap could harm
perfromance...

Kind Regards.
Alfredo Rico,

On 9/29/05, Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Alfredo Rico wrote:
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> > Your suggest is very correct and in fact it works very well but only if
> the
> > file size is under 10 MB,
> > The problem happens just at moment to execute:
> > InputStream ins = rs.getBinaryStream( 1 );
> >
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> The JDBC driver can stream data going to the server (setBinaryStream), but
> cannot stream data returning from the server (getBinaryStream) because of
> protocol limitations. You have two options:
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> Switch from using bytea to large objects (Blobs). Large objects were
> designed to work with much larger data sizes and have a complete streaming
> interface.
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> Increase the JVM's heap size. Since you are using netbeans and you
> haven't received many helpful suggestions here, you might try a netbeans
> specific list for suggestions on how to accomplish this.
>
> Kris Jurka
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