BLOB :
BLOB
(Binary Large Object) is a large object data type in the database system. BLOB
could store a large chunk of data, document types and even media files like audio or video files. BLOB
fields allocate space only whenever the content in the field is utilized. BLOB
allocates spaces in Giga Bytes.
USAGE OF BLOB :
You can write a binary large object (BLOB
) to a database as either binary or character data, depending on the type of field at your data source. To write a BLOB
value to your database, issue the appropriate INSERT or UPDATE
statement and pass the BLOB
value as an input parameter. If your BLOB
is stored as text, such as a SQL Server text field, you can pass the BLOB
as a string parameter. If the BLOB
is stored in binary format, such as a SQL Server image field, you can pass an array of type byte as a binary parameter.
A useful link : Storing documents as BLOB in Database - Any disadvantages ?