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See If a BFILE is Open Using ISOPEN

Figure 11-17 Use Case Diagram: See If a BFILE is Open Using ISOPEN

See Also:
"Use Case Model: External LOBs (BFILEs)" for all basic operations of External LOBs (BFILES).

Purpose

This procedure describes how to see if a BFILE is open using ISOPEN.

Usage Notes

Not applicable.

Syntax

See Chapter 3, "LOB Programmatic Environments" for a list of available functions in each programmatic environment. Use the following syntax references for each programmatic environment:

PL/SQL (DBMS_LOB) (Oracle8i Supplied PL/SQL Packages Reference): Chapter 18, "DBMS_LOB" -- ISOPEN
C (OCI) (Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide): Chapter 7, "LOB and File Operations" for usage notes. Chapter 15, "Relational Functions" -- LOB Functions, OCILobFileIsOpen
COBOL (Pro*COBOL) (Pro*COBOL Precompiler Programmer's Guide): Chapter 13, "Large Objects (LOBs)", "LOB Statements" for usage notes. Appendix F, "Embedded SQL and Precompiler Directives" -- LOB DESCRIBE ... ISOPEN
C/C++ (Pro*C/C++) (Pro*C/C++ Precompiler Programmer's Guide): Chapter 16, "Large Objects (LOBs)", "LOB Statements", usage notes. Appendix F, "Embedded SQL Statements and Directives" -- LOB DESCRIBE ... ISOPEN
Visual Basic (OO4O) (Oracle Objects for OLE (OO4O) Online Help): From Help Topics, Contents tab, select OO4O Automation Server > OBJECTS > OraBfile > METHODS > IsOpen and > OBJECTS > OraDynaset
Java (JDBC) (Oracle8i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference): Chapter 7, "Working With LOBs" -- Creating and Populating a BLOB or CLOB Column. Further extensions are available in (Oracle8i SQLJ Developer's Guide and Reference): Chapter 5, "Type Support", Oracle Type Support, Support for BLOB, CLOB, and BFILE.

Scenario

These examples query whether the a BFILE is open that is associated with Music.

Examples

Examples are provided in the following six programmatic environments:

PL/SQL (DBMS_LOB Package): See If the BFILE is Open with ISOPEN

/* Note that the example procedure seeIfOpenBFILE_procTwo is not part of the 
   DBMS_LOB package: */
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE seeIfOpenBFILE_procTwo IS
   Lob_loc      BFILE;
   RetVal       INTEGER;
BEGIN
   /* Select the LOB, initializing the BFILE locator: */
   SELECT Music INTO Lob_loc FROM Multimedia_tab
      WHERE Clip_ID = 3;
   RetVal := DBMS_LOB.ISOPEN(Lob_loc);
   IF (RetVal = 1)
   THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('File is open');
   ELSE
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('File is not open');
   END IF;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Operation failed');
END;

C (OCI): See If the BFILE is Open with ISOPEN

/* Select the lob/bfile from the Multimedia table */ 
void selectLob(Lob_loc, errhp, svchp, stmthp) 
OCILobLocator *Lob_loc; 
OCIError      *errhp; 
OCISvcCtx     *svchp; 
OCIStmt       *stmthp; 
{ 
     OCIDefine *dfnhp;
     text *selstmt =
             (text *) "SELECT Music FROM Multimedia_tab WHERE Clip_ID=3";

     /* Prepare the SQL select statement */ 
     checkerr (errhp, OCIStmtPrepare(stmthp, errhp, selstmt,  
                                     (ub4) strlen((char *) selstmt), 
                                     (ub4) OCI_NTV_SYNTAX, (ub4)OCI_DEFAULT)); 
 
     /* Call define for the bfile column */ 
     checkerr (errhp, OCIDefineByPos(stmthp, &dfnhp, errhp, 1,  
                                     (dvoid *)&Lob_loc, 0 , SQLT_BFILE,  
                                     (dvoid *)0, (ub2 *)0, (ub2 *)0, 
                                     OCI_DEFAULT)); 
 
     /* Execute the SQL select statement */ 
     checkerr (errhp, OCIStmtExecute(svchp, stmthp, errhp, (ub4) 1, (ub4) 0, 
                                     (CONST OCISnapshot*) 0, (OCISnapshot*) 0, 
                                     (ub4) OCI_DEFAULT)); 
} 
void BfileIsOpen(envhp, errhp, svchp, stmthp) 
OCIEnv  *envhp; 
OCIError *errhp; 
OCISvcCtx *svchp; 
OCIStmt *stmthp; 
{ 

     OCILobLocator *bfile_loc; 
     boolean flag;
 
     /* Allocate the locator descriptor */ 
     (void) OCIDescriptorAlloc((dvoid *) envhp, (dvoid **) &bfile_loc,  
                 (ub4) OCI_DTYPE_FILE,  
                 (size_t) 0, (dvoid **) 0);
 
     /* Select the bfile */ 
     selectLob(bfile_loc, errhp, svchp, stmthp); 

     checkerr(errhp, OCILobOpen(svchp, errhp, bfile_loc, 
                                         (ub1)OCI_FILE_READONLY));

     checkerr(errhp, OCILobIsOpen(svchp, errhp, bfile_loc, &flag));

     if (flag == TRUE)
     {
       printf("File is open\n");
     }
     else
     {
       printf("File is not open\n");
     }

     checkerr(errhp, OCILobFileClose(svchp, errhp, bfile_loc));

     /* Free the locator descriptor */ 
     OCIDescriptorFree((dvoid *)bfile_loc, (ub4)OCI_DTYPE_FILE); 
}

COBOL (Pro*COBOL): See If the BFILE is Open with ISOPEN

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. OPEN-BFILE.
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01  USERID         PIC X(11) VALUES "SAMP/SAMP".
       01  SRC-BFILE      SQL-BFILE.
       01  DIR-ALIAS      PIC X(30) VARYING.
       01  FNAME          PIC X(20) VARYING.
       01  ORASLNRD       PIC 9(4).

           EXEC SQL INCLUDE SQLCA END-EXEC.
           EXEC ORACLE OPTION (ORACA=YES) END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL INCLUDE ORACA END-EXEC.

       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
       OPEN-BFILE.

           EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR DO PERFORM SQL-ERROR END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL
                CONNECT :USERID
           END-EXEC.

      * Allocate and initialize the BFILE locator: 
           EXEC SQL ALLOCATE :SRC-BFILE END-EXEC.

      * Set up the directory and file information: 
           MOVE "AUDIO_DIR" TO DIR-ALIAS-ARR.
           MOVE 9 TO DIR-ALIAS-LEN.
           MOVE "Washington_audio" TO FNAME-ARR.
           MOVE 16 TO FNAME-LEN.
 
      * Assign directory alias and file name to BFILE: 
           EXEC SQL 
                LOB FILE SET :SRC-BFILE 
                DIRECTORY = :DIR-ALIAS, FILENAME = :FNAME
           END-EXEC.

      * Open the BFILE read only: 
           EXEC SQL
                LOB OPEN :SRC-BFILE READ ONLY
           END-EXEC.

      * Close the LOB: 
           EXEC SQL LOB CLOSE :SRC-BFILE END-EXEC.

      * And free the LOB locator: 
           EXEC SQL FREE :SRC-BFILE END-EXEC.
           EXEC SQL
                ROLLBACK WORK RELEASE
           END-EXEC.
           STOP RUN.

       SQL-ERROR.
           EXEC SQL
               WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE
           END-EXEC.
           MOVE ORASLNR TO ORASLNRD.
           DISPLAY " ".
           DISPLAY "ORACLE ERROR DETECTED ON LINE ", ORASLNRD, ":".
           DISPLAY " ".
           DISPLAY SQLERRMC.
           EXEC SQL
               ROLLBACK WORK RELEASE
           END-EXEC.
           STOP RUN.

C/C++ (Pro*C/C++): See If the BFILE is Open with ISOPEN

/* In Pro*C/C++, there is only one form of ISOPEN used to determine whether
   or not a BFILE is OPEN.  There is no FILE IS OPEN, only a simple ISOPEN.
   This is an attribute used in the DESCRIBE statement: */

#include <oci.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sqlca.h>

void Sample_Error()
{
  EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE;
  printf("%.*s\n", sqlca.sqlerrm.sqlerrml, sqlca.sqlerrm.sqlerrmc);
  EXEC SQL ROLLBACK WORK RELEASE;
  exit(1);
}

void seeIfOpenBFILE_proc()
{
  OCIBFileLocator *Lob_loc;
  int isOpen;

  EXEC SQL WHENEVER SQLERROR DO Sample_Error();
  EXEC SQL ALLOCATE :Lob_loc;
  /* Select the BFILE into the locator: */
  EXEC SQL SELECT Music INTO :Lob_loc FROM Multimedia_tab
           WHERE Clip_ID = 3;
  /* Determine if the BFILE is OPEN or not: */
  EXEC SQL LOB DESCRIBE :Lob_loc GET ISOPEN into :isOpen;
  if (isOpen)
    printf("BFILE is open\n");
  else
    printf("BFILE is not open\n");
  /* Note that in this example, the BFILE is not open: */
  EXEC SQL FREE :Lob_loc;
}

void main()
{
  char *samp = "samp/samp";
  EXEC SQL CONNECT :samp;
  seeIfOpenBFILE_proc();
  EXEC SQL ROLLBACK WORK RELEASE;

}

Visual Basic (OO4O): See If the BFILE is Open with ISOPEN

Dim OraDyn as OraDynaset, OraMusic as OraBFile, amount_read%, chunksize%, chunk 
 
chunksize = 32767
Set OraDyn = OraDb.CreateDynaset("select * from Multimedia_tab", ORADYN_DEFAULT) 
Set OraMusic = OraDyn.Fields("Music").Value 
 
If OraMusic.IsOpen then 
  'Processing given that the file is already open: 
Else 
   'Processing given that the file is not open, or return an error: 
End If

Java (JDBC): See If the BFILE is Open with ISOPEN

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

// Core JDBC classes: 
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

// Oracle Specific JDBC classes: 
import oracle.sql.*;
import oracle.jdbc.driver.*;

public class Ex4_48
{

  public static void main (String args [])
       throws Exception
  {
    // Load the Oracle JDBC driver: 
    DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());

    // Connect to the database: 
    Connection conn =
    DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc:oracle:oci8:@", "samp", "samp");
    conn.setAutoCommit (false);

    // Create a Statement: 
    Statement stmt = conn.createStatement ();
    try
    {
       BFILE src_lob = null;
       ResultSet rset = null;
       Boolean result = null;
       rset = stmt.executeQuery (
          "SELECT BFILENAME('PHOTO_DIR', 'Lincoln_photo') FROM DUAL");
       if (rset.next())
       {
          src_lob = ((OracleResultSet)rset).getBFILE (1);
       }
       result = new Boolean(src_lob.isFileOpen());
       System.out.println(
          "result of fileIsOpen() before opening file : " + result.toString());
       src_lob.openFile();
       result = new Boolean(src_lob.isFileOpen());
       System.out.println(
          "result of fileIsOpen() after opening file : " + result.toString());

       // Close the BFILE,  statement and connection: 
       src_lob.closeFile();
       
       int i = cstmt.getInt(1);
       System.out.println("The result is: " + Integer.toString(i));

       OracleCallableStatement cstmt2 = (OracleCallableStatement) 
       conn.prepareCall (
       "BEGIN DBMS_LOB.OPEN(?,DBMS_LOB.LOB_READONLY); END;");
       cstmt2.setBFILE(1, bfile);
       cstmt2.execute();

       System.out.println("The BFILE has been opened with a call to "
	   +"DBMS_LOB.OPEN()");

       // Use the existing cstmt handle to re-query the status of the locator: 
       cstmt.setBFILE(2, bfile);
       cstmt.execute();
       i = cstmt.getInt(1);
       System.out.println("This result is: " + Integer.toString(i));

       stmt.close();
       conn.commit();
       conn.close();
    }
    catch (SQLException e)
    {
       e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}