LOB类型分为BLOB和CLOB两种：BLOB即二进制大型对像（Binary Large Object），适用于存贮非文本的字节流数据（如程序、图像、影音等）。而CLOB，即字符型大型对像（Character Large Object），则与字符集相关，适于存贮文本型的数据（如歷史档案、大部头著作等）。
下面以程序实例说明通过JDBC操纵Oracle数据库LOB类型字段的几种情况。

先建立如下两个测试用的数据库表，Power Designer PD模型如下：

建表SQL语句为：
CREATE TABLE TEST_CLOB ( ID NUMBER(3), CLOBCOL CLOB)
CREATE TABLE TEST_BLOB ( ID NUMBER(3), BLOBCOL BLOB)

一、 CLOB对象的存取

1、往数据库中插入一个新的CLOB对像

复制代码 代码如下:

public static void clobInsert(String infile) throws Exception
{

boolean defaultCommit = conn.getAutoCommit();
conn.setAutoCommit(false);

try {

stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO TEST_CLOB VALUES ('111', EMPTY_CLOB())");

ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT CLOBCOL FROM TEST_CLOB WHERE FOR UPDATE");
while (rs.next()) {

oracle.sql.CLOB clob = (oracle.sql.CLOB)rs.getClob("CLOBCOL");

BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(clob.getCharacterOutputStream());
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(infile));
int c;
while ((c=in.read())!=-1) {
out.write(c);
}
in.close();
out.close();
}

conn.commit();
} catch (Exception ex) {

conn.rollback();
throw ex;
}

conn.setAutoCommit(defaultCommit);
}

2、修改CLOB对像（是在原CLOB对像基础上进行覆盖式的修改）

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public static void clobModify(String infile) throws Exception
{

boolean defaultCommit = conn.getAutoCommit();
conn.setAutoCommit(false);

try {

ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT CLOBCOL FROM TEST_CLOB WHERE FOR UPDATE");
while (rs.next()) {

oracle.sql.CLOB clob = (oracle.sql.CLOB)rs.getClob("CLOBCOL");

BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(clob.getCharacterOutputStream());
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(infile));
int c;
while ((c=in.read())!=-1) {
out.write(c);
}
in.close();
out.close();
}

conn.commit();
} catch (Exception ex) {

conn.rollback();
throw ex;
}

conn.setAutoCommit(defaultCommit);
}

3、替换CLOB对像（将原CLOB对像清除，换成一个全新的CLOB对像）

复制代码 代码如下:

public static void clobReplace(String infile) throws Exception
{

boolean defaultCommit = conn.getAutoCommit();
conn.setAutoCommit(false);

try {

stmt.executeUpdate("UPDATE TEST_CLOB SET CLOBCOL=EMPTY_CLOB() WHERE");

ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT CLOBCOL FROM TEST_CLOB WHERE FOR UPDATE");
while (rs.next()) {

oracle.sql.CLOB clob = (oracle.sql.CLOB)rs.getClob("CLOBCOL");

BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(clob.getCharacterOutputStream());
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(infile));
int c;
while ((c=in.read())!=-1) {
out.write(c);
}
in.close();
out.close();
}

conn.commit();
} catch (Exception ex) {

conn.rollback();
throw ex;
}

conn.setAutoCommit(defaultCommit);
}

4、CLOB对像读取

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public static void clobRead(String outfile) throws Exception
{

boolean defaultCommit = conn.getAutoCommit();
conn.setAutoCommit(false);

try {

ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM TEST_CLOB WHERE");
while (rs.next()) {

oracle.sql.CLOB clob = (oracle.sql.CLOB)rs.getClob("CLOBCOL");

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(clob.getCharacterStream());
BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(outfile));
int c;
while ((c=in.read())!=-1) {
out.write(c);
}
out.close();
in.close();
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
conn.rollback();
throw ex;
}

conn.setAutoCommit(defaultCommit);
}

二、 BLOB对象的存取

1、 向数据库中插入一个新的BLOB对像

复制代码 代码如下: