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 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.oci-new-descriptor" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>oci_new_descriptor</refname>
  <refpurpose>Initializes a new empty LOB or FILE descriptor</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>OCILob</type><type>null</type></type><methodname>oci_new_descriptor</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>connection</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>type</parameter><initializer><constant>OCI_DTYPE_LOB</constant></initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Allocates resources to hold descriptor or LOB locator. 
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>connection</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       An Oracle connection identifier, returned by 
       <function>oci_connect</function> or <function>oci_pconnect</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>type</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Valid values for <parameter>type</parameter> are: 
       <constant>OCI_DTYPE_FILE</constant>, <constant>OCI_DTYPE_LOB</constant> and
       <constant>OCI_DTYPE_ROWID</constant>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a new LOB or FILE descriptor on success, or &null; on failure.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>oci_new_descriptor</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/* This script is designed to be called from a HTML form.
 * It expects $user, $password, $table, $where, and $commitsize
 * to be passed in from the form.  The script then deletes
 * the selected rows using the ROWID and commits after each
 * set of $commitsize rows. (Use with care, there is no rollback)
 */
$conn = oci_connect($user, $password);
$stmt = oci_parse($conn, "select rowid from $table $where");
$rowid = oci_new_descriptor($conn, OCI_D_ROWID);
oci_define_by_name($stmt, "ROWID", $rowid);
oci_execute($stmt);
while (oci_fetch($stmt)) {
    $nrows = oci_num_rows($stmt);
    $delete = oci_parse($conn, "delete from $table where ROWID = :rid");
    oci_bind_by_name($delete, ":rid", $rowid, -1, OCI_B_ROWID);
    oci_execute($delete);
    echo "$nrows\n";
    if (($nrows % $commitsize) == 0) {
        oci_commit($conn);
    }
}
$nrows = oci_num_rows($stmt);
echo "$nrows deleted...\n";
oci_free_statement($stmt);
oci_close($conn);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
    /* This script demonstrates file upload to LOB columns
     * The formfield used for this example looks like this
     * <form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
     * <input type="file" name="lob_upload" />
     * ...
     */
  if (!isset($lob_upload) || $lob_upload == 'none'){
?>
<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Upload file: <input type="file" name="lob_upload" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload" /> - <input type="reset" value="Reset" />
</form>
<?php
  } else {
     // $lob_upload contains the temporary filename of the uploaded file
     // see also the features section on file upload,
     // if you would like to use secure uploads
     $conn = oci_connect($user, $password);
     $lob = oci_new_descriptor($conn, OCI_D_LOB);
     $stmt = oci_parse($conn, "insert into $table (id, the_blob)
               values(my_seq.NEXTVAL, EMPTY_BLOB()) returning the_blob into :the_blob");
     oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':the_blob', $lob, -1, OCI_B_BLOB);
     oci_execute($stmt, OCI_DEFAULT);
     if ($lob->savefile($lob_upload)){
        oci_commit($conn);
        echo "Blob successfully uploaded\n";
     }else{
        echo "Couldn't upload Blob\n";
     }
     $lob->free();
     oci_free_statement($stmt);
     oci_close($conn);
  }
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
   <example>
    <title><function>oci_new_descriptor</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/* Calling PL/SQL stored procedures which contain clobs as input
 * parameters.
 * Example PL/SQL stored procedure signature is:
 *
 * PROCEDURE save_data
 *   Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
 *   ------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
 *   KEY                            NUMBER(38)              IN
 *   DATA                           CLOB                    IN
 *
 */
$conn = oci_connect($user, $password);
$stmt = oci_parse($conn, "begin save_data(:key, :data); end;");
$clob = oci_new_descriptor($conn, OCI_D_LOB);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':key', $key);
oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ':data', $clob, -1, OCI_B_CLOB);
$clob->write($data);
oci_execute($stmt, OCI_DEFAULT);
oci_commit($conn);
$clob->free();
oci_free_statement($stmt);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>oci_bind_by_name</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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