Print BLOBs and CLOBs

nclark · Post by **nclark** » Fri 30 Nov 2007 11:11

Hi,

We have jpg and pdf files stored in our Oracle 10g BLOBs and text in our CLOBs.

We program in Delphi but cant find any reporting tool that can print BLOBs and CLOBs on our standard letters.

Could you please point me in the direction of an appropriate reporting tool.

Thanks

Plash · Post by **Plash** » Mon 03 Dec 2007 09:52

You can use, for example, FastReport to print pictures and text. But we don't know any report system that can print PDF.

nclark · Post by **nclark** » Mon 03 Dec 2007 11:55

Thank you for the reply. Do I understand correctly then that RAVE reports canNOT print BLOBs and CLOBs. I only ask as Rave comes automatically with Delphi 2007 and there is less hassle for us if we could use RAVE. RAVE appears to "see" the BLOBs in their "dataview" but I cannot paint these fields onto the report.

If we are to use fast reports... as you mentioned. Is there any particular version (or personality) that I should look for ....?

Thanks for you earlier reply again

Plash · Post by **Plash** » Tue 04 Dec 2007 08:50

There is Picture object in FastReports that can be used to print pictures from the database. I could not find such component in Rave Reports.

I tried FastReports 4.1.3. Probably newer versions also have this functionality.