Streams a BigText object to a BLOB field in a table.

[Ok := ] BigText.WRITE(OutStream)

Parameters

BigText

Type: BigText

The BigText that you want to write to a BLOB field.

OutStream

Type: OutStream

The stream to which you write a BigText.

Property Value/Return Value

Type: Boolean

This optional return value specifies whether the write transaction was successful.

Remarks

To delete the content in a BigText variable, use the CLEAR function.

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CLEAR(BigText)

Example

This example shows how to stream a BigText to a BLOB field in a table.

This example requires that you define the following variables.

Variable name DataType Subtype

Bstr

BigText

Not applicable

ItemRec

Record

Item

Ostream

OutStream

Not applicable

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Bstr.ADDTEXT('This is the text string that we want to store in a BLOB field.');
ItemRec.Picture.CREATEOUTSTREAM(Ostream);
Bstr.WRITE(Ostream);
ItemRec.INSERT;

See Also