OTL 4.0, Example 379 (Insert/Update/Select, Oracle 8i/9i/10g CLOBs in stream mode, and std:strings)

This example demonstrates INSERT, UPDATE, and SELECT statements with the Oracle 8i/9i/10g CLOB datatype in stream mode and std::strings.

Source Code

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

#include <stdio.h>

#define OTL_ORA8I // Compile OTL 4.0/OCI8i
// #define OTL_ORA9I // Compile OTL 4.0/OCI9i
// #define OTL_ORA10G // Compile OTL 4.0/OCI10g
// #define OTL_ORA10G_R2 // Compile OTL 4.0/OCI10g Release2
#define OTL_STL // enable OTL support for STL
#include <otlv4.h> // include the OTL 4.0 header file

otl_connect db; // connect object

void insert()
// insert rows into table
{
 string f2; 
 otl_stream o(1, // buffer size has to be set to 1 for operations with LOBs
              "insert into test_tab values(:f1<int>,empty_clob()) "
              "returning f2 into :f2<clob> ",
                 // SQL statement
              db // connect object
             );
 o.set_commit(0); // setting stream "auto-commit" to "off". It is required
                  // when LOB stream mode is used.

 otl_lob_stream lob; // LOB stream for reading/writing unlimited number
                     // of bytes regardless of the buffer size.
 for(int i=1;i<=20;++i){
  f2.erase();
  f2.append(50000,'*');
  f2 += '?';
  o<<i;
  o<<lob; // Initialize otl_lob_stream by writing it
          // into otl_stream

  lob.set_len(50001+23123); // setting the total size of
                            // the CLOB to be written.
   // It is required for bakward compatibility
 
  lob<<f2; // writing first chunk of the CLOB into lob

  f2.erase();
  f2.append(23122,'*');
  f2 += '?';
  lob<<f2; // writing the second chunk of the CLOB into lob
  lob.close(); // closing the otl_lob_stream
 }

 db.commit(); // committing transaction.
}

void update()
// insert rows in table
{

 string f2;
 otl_stream o(1, // buffer size has to be set to 1 for operations with LOBs
              "update test_tab "
              "   set f2=empty_clob() "
              "where f1=:f1<int> "
              "returning f2 into :f2<clob> ",
                 // SQL statement
              db // connect object
             );

  otl_lob_stream lob;

  o.set_commit(0); // setting stream "auto-commit" to "off". 


 f2.append(6000,'#');
 f2+='?';

 o<<5;
 o<<lob; // Initialize otl_lob_stream by writing it
         // into otl_stream.

 lob.set_len(6001*4); // setting the total size of of the CLOB to be written
 for(int i=1;i<=4;++i)
  lob<<f2; // writing chunks of the CLOB into the otl_lob_stream

 lob.close(); // closing the otl_lob_stream

 db.commit(); // committing transaction

}

void select()
{ 
  string f2;

 otl_stream i(10, // buffer size. To read CLOBs, it can be set to a size greater than 1
              "select * from test_tab where f1>=:f<int> and f1<=:f*2",
                 // SELECT statement
              db // connect object
             ); 
   // create select stream
 
 int f1;
 otl_lob_stream lob; // Stream for reading CLOB

 lob.setStringBuffer(40000); // Set a bigger internal buffer (default is 4096 bytes)
                             // for reading chunks of the CLOB, before each chunk
                             // gets appended to the output string.
 i<<4; // assigning :f = 4
   // SELECT automatically executes when all input variables are
   // assigned. First portion of output rows is fetched to the buffer

 while(!i.eof()){ // while not end-of-data
  i>>f1;
  cout<<"f1="<<f1;
  i>>lob; // initializing CLOB stream by reading the CLOB reference 
          // into the otl_lob_stream from the otl_stream.
  lob>>f2;
  cout<<", f2="<<f2[0]<<f2[f2.length()-1]<<", len="<<(int)f2.length()<<endl;
  lob.close(); // closing the otl_lob_stream. This step may be skipped.
  
 }

}

int main()
{
 otl_connect::otl_initialize(); // initialize OCI environment
 try{

  db.rlogon("scott/tiger"); // connect to Oracle

  otl_cursor::direct_exec
   (
    db,
    "drop table test_tab",
    otl_exception::disabled // disable OTL exceptions
   ); // drop table

  otl_cursor::direct_exec
   (
    db,
    "create table test_tab(f1 number, f2 clob)"
    );  // create table

  insert(); // insert records into table
  update(); // update records in table
  select(); // select records from table

 }

 catch(otl_exception& p){ // intercept OTL exceptions
  cerr<<p.msg<<endl; // print out error message
  cerr<<p.stm_text<<endl; // print out SQL that caused the error
  cerr<<p.var_info<<endl; // print out the variable that caused the error
 }

 db.logoff(); // disconnect from Oracle

 return 0;

}

Output

f1=4, f2=*?, len=73124
f1=5, f2=#?, len=24004
f1=6, f2=*?, len=73124
f1=7, f2=*?, len=73124
f1=8, f2=*?, len=73124

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