Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem

2003-07-24 Thread Levon Barker
Hello List! Have a quick question that I am sure someone knows the answer to. I switching from handling long raw data in Oracle to only storing a pointer to the file on the file system. I am dealing mostly with PDFs. The process seems/ed pretty easy: select the contents of the longvar column

Re: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem

2003-07-24 Thread Steve Mayer
Levon, You might try using the binmode function on your filehandle: open FH, $binObjId.pdf; binmode FH; print FH, $contents; close FH; Steve On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 11:26:52AM -0400, Levon Barker wrote: Hello List! Have a quick question that I am sure someone knows the

RE: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem

2003-07-24 Thread Levon Barker
Thanks Steve, That was the solution. Cheers, Levon Barker -Original Message- From: Steve Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:41 AM To: Levon Barker Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem Levon

RE: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem

2003-07-24 Thread Dan Muey
while ($sth-fetch()) { open FH, $binObjId.pdf; print FH, $contents; close FH; } That almost works. After this runs on a coulple of files, I try to open one, and the PDF reports that the file is damaged and also none of the jpgs that were embedded in the PDF

RE: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem

2003-07-24 Thread Levon Barker
Thanks for the quick response Dan, that solution is correct, but Steve beat you to the punch. :) -Original Message- From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:35 AM To: Levon Barker; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping

Re: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem

2003-07-24 Thread Steve Mayer
To: Levon Barker Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem Levon, You might try using the binmode function on your filehandle: open FH, $binObjId.pdf; binmode FH; print FH, $contents; close FH; Steve

RE: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem

2003-07-24 Thread Dan Muey
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem while ($sth-fetch()) { open FH, $binObjId.pdf; print FH, $contents; close FH; } That almost works. After this runs on a coulple of files, I try to open one