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Load Multiple images (BLOBs) into the Database

I have a folder with several images. My database table is a simple table with 2 fields: name (char) and image (BLOB). How can I import my images located in my C disk (e.g.: C:\Users\me\images) into my table?
P.S. By using the SQL Developer I found a way to import 1 image per time, but I am looking for a solution that could import my entire folder; and when I am choosing import data from sql developer, I am getting an "There are no readers registered to the jpg type" error..
Answers
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Hi 61508381-1ef0-48eb-abb0-a47ebc86ab39,
One way would be to use Oracle sqlldr, available with Oracle client and server installs:
Create a file with your images filenames that you want to load, for example:
C:\> dir/b *.jpg *.png > files.txt C:\> type files.txt
Oracle11g-Architecture.jpg sql.jpg ocr.jpg
The directory listing search for jpg and png files found 3 jpg files.
files.ctl control file referencing our list of image files in files.txt:
LOAD DATA INFILE files.txt APPEND INTO TABLE images FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' TRAILING NULLCOLS ( name, image LOBFILE(name) TERMINATED BY eof )
Load the data using sqlldr and our control file above:
C:\> sqlldr user/[email protected] control=files.ctl
The filenames and their respective image files data were loaded into the images table.
SELECT name FROM images; NAME ------------------------------ Oracle11g-Architecture.jpg sql.jpg ocr.jpg 3 rows selected.
Hope that helps,
Gaz.
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@Kris Rice-Oracle has a blog post showing how to do this in SQLcl with javascript here:
Kris' blog: SQLCL - Blob loading ALL the files
Otherwise, SQL*Loader is probably the way to go. In fact, if you use SQLDev's Cart to unload a table with BLOBs, you'll see the script we use to put the BLOBs back in is via SQL*Loader.