BFILENAME is an advanced function that the Oracle database supports. It is used to get a BFILE locator for a physical LOB binary file. The BFILENAME function is supported in the various versions of the Oracle/PLSQL, including, Oracle 12c, Oracle 11g, Oracle 10g, Oracle 9i and Oracle 8i.
Syntax:
BFILENAME( 'directory', 'filename' )
Parameters: directory: It is used to specify the directory object to serve as an alias for the full path of the file. filename: It is used to specify the file name of the file on the file server.
Example :
SELECT BFILENAME ('Dir', 'file.png') FROM dual; |
Explanation: Here, the ‘Dir’ is an already created directory and the ‘file.png’ is the name of the required file.
