ReadChunk Method

Applies To

OraField Object

Description

Returns a string containing the bytes of all or a portion of a long or long raw field.

Usage

data_string = orafield.ReadChunk(offset, numbytes, bytesread)

Arguments	Description
offset	The number of bytes of the field to skip before copying data.
numbytes	The number of bytes to copy.
bytesread	The number of bytes actually read.

Remarks

ReadChunk behaves exactly like GetChunk method, but returns the actual number of bytes read in the bytesread argument.

See Migration from Long Raw to LOB/BFILE for additional information.