August 1999
Intermediate to advanced
1488 pages
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cursor.column.blobLink(mimeType, text)
The blobLink() method retrieves BLOb data stored in a database, stores it in memory, and creates a temporary link to it. The method actually returns the HTML for the <A> tag used to display the link. The HREF attribute of the <A> tag references the BLOb data type, which has been stored in a temporary memory location, and does not contain a "normal" URL of this attribute. The data is stored in memory until the user clicks the link or until 60 seconds have elapsed.
The parameters this method takes are the MIME type of the file referenced, and the text that is displayed to the user as a link.
Listing 8.6 queries a database for a specific image. A link referencing ...
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