Example to retrieve file from Oracle database:

The getClob() method of PreparedStatement is used to get file information from the database.

Syntax of getClob method

Example
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public Clob getClob(int columnIndex){}

Let's see the table structure of this example to retrieve the file.

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CREATE TABLE  "FILETABLE" 
   (	"ID" NUMBER, 
	"NAME" CLOB
   )
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The example to retrieve the file from the Oracle database is given below.

Example
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import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;

public class RetrieveFile {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe","system","oracle");
			
PreparedStatement ps=con.prepareStatement("select * from filetable");
ResultSet rs=ps.executeQuery();
rs.next();//now on 1st row
			
Clob c=rs.getClob(2);
Reader r=c.getCharacterStream();			
			
FileWriter fw=new FileWriter("d:\\retrivefile.txt");
			
int i;
while((i=r.read())!=-1)
fw.write((char)i);
		    
fw.close();
con.close();
			
System.out.println("success");
}catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace();	}
}
}
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