Java tutorial
/* Defining the Table: Oracle and MySql create table MyPictures ( id INT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(0), photo BLOB ); */ import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.ResultSet; public class DemoPreparedStatementSetBlob { public static Connection getConnection() throws Exception { String driver = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"; String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/databaseName"; String username = "root"; String password = "root"; Class.forName(driver); Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password); return conn; } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Connection conn = null; PreparedStatement pstmt = null; ResultSet rs = null; java.sql.Blob blob = null; try { conn = getConnection(); // prepare blob object from an existing binary column pstmt = conn.prepareStatement("select photo from my_pictures where id = ?"); pstmt.setString(1, "0001"); rs = pstmt.executeQuery(); rs.next(); blob = rs.getBlob(1); // prepare SQL query for inserting a new row using setBlob() String query = "insert into blob_table(id, blob_column) values(?, ?)"; // begin transaction conn.setAutoCommit(false); pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(query); pstmt.setString(1, "0002"); pstmt.setBlob(2, blob); int rowCount = pstmt.executeUpdate(); System.out.println("rowCount=" + rowCount); // end transaction conn.commit(); } finally { rs.close(); pstmt.close(); conn.close(); } } }