OracleLob.Write(Byte[], Int32, Int32) Method

public:
 override void Write(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ buffer, int offset, int count);

public override void Write (byte[] buffer, int offset, int count);

override this.Write : byte[] * int * int -> unit

Public Overrides Sub Write (buffer As Byte(), offset As Integer, count As Integer)

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If the write operation is successful, the position within the stream advances by the number of bytes written. If an exception occurs, the position within the stream remains unchanged.

Writing beyond the end of LOB is allowed and enlarges the LOB by the number of bytes written.

The .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle handles all CLOB and NCLOB data as Unicode. Therefore, when accessing CLOB and NCLOB data types, you are always dealing with the number of bytes, where each character is 2 bytes. For example, if a string of text containing three characters is saved as an NCLOB on an Oracle server where the character set is 4 bytes per character, and you perform a Write operation, you specify the length of the string as 6 bytes, although it is stored as 12 bytes on the server.

To write to the LOB, you must have retrieved the LOB using the FOR UPDATE clause in the SQL SELECT statement, and you must have a local transaction started.

The following example demonstrates how to write to OracleLob objects:

public static void WriteLobExample(OracleCommand command)  
{  
    // Note: Updating LOB data requires a transaction.  
    command.Transaction = command.Connection.BeginTransaction();  
    // Select some data.  
    //    Table Schema:  
    //        "CREATE TABLE tablewithlobs (a int, b BLOB, c BLOB)";  
    //        "INSERT INTO tablewithlobs values (1, 'AA', 'AAA')";  
    command.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM TableWithLobs FOR UPDATE";  
    OracleDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader();  
    using(reader)  
    {  
        // Obtain the first row of data.  
        reader.Read();  
        // Obtain both LOBs.  
        OracleLob BLOB1 = reader.GetOracleLob(1);  
        OracleLob BLOB2 = reader.GetOracleLob(2);  
        // Perform any desired operations on the LOB, (read, position, and so on).  
        // ...  
        // Example - Writing binary data (directly to the backend).  
        // To write, you can use any of the stream classes, or write raw binary data using   
        // the OracleLob write method. Writing character vs. binary is the same;  
        // however note that character is always in terms of Unicode byte counts  
        // (for example: even number of bytes - 2 bytes for every Unicode character).  
        var buffer = new byte[100];  
        buffer[0] = 0xCC;  
        buffer[1] = 0xDD;  
        BLOB1.Write(buffer, 0, 2);  
        BLOB1.Position = 0;  
        Console.WriteLine(BLOB1.LobType + ".Write(" + buffer + ", 0, 2) => " + BLOB1.Value);  

        // Example - Copying data into another LOB.  
        long actual = BLOB1.CopyTo(BLOB2);  
        Console.WriteLine(BLOB1.LobType + ".CopyTo(" + BLOB2.Value + ") => " + actual);  

        // Commit the transaction now that everything succeeded.  
        // Note: On error, Transaction.Dispose is called (from the using statement)  
        // and will automatically roll-back the pending transaction.  
        command.Transaction.Commit();  
    }  
}  

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