How to convert Blob to String and String to Blob in java

Question

I'm trying to get string from BLOB datatype by using

Blob blob = rs.getBlob(cloumnName[i]);
byte[] bdata = blob.getBytes(1, (int) blob.length());
String s = new String(bdata);

It is working fine but when I'm going to convert String to Blob and trying to insert into database then nothing inserting into database. I've used below code for converting String to Blob:

String value = (s);
byte[] buff = value.getBytes();
Blob blob = new SerialBlob(buff);

Can anyone help me about to converting of Blob to String and String to Blob in Java?

Firstly, you need to make sure you use the right term: it's blob, not blog. You'll get a lot further with web searches when you use the right name. Secondly, blobs are for *binary* data, not *text* data. Ideally you shouldn't be using them for text data in the first place, and if you do you should specify an encoding (e.g. UTF-8) when converting the text data to binary data. — Jon Skeet, Jul 01 '13 at 08:51

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 09:06

try this (a2 is BLOB col)

PreparedStatement ps1 = conn.prepareStatement("update t1 set a2=? where id=1");
Blob blob = conn.createBlob();
blob.setBytes(1, str.getBytes());
ps1.setBlob(1, blob);
ps1.executeUpdate();

it may work even without BLOB, driver will transform types automatically:

   ps1.setBytes(1, str.getBytes);
   ps1.setString(1, str);

Besides if you work with text CLOB seems to be a more natural col type

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 08:58

Use this to convert String to Blob. Where connection is the connection to db object.

    String strContent = s;
    byte[] byteConent = strContent.getBytes();
    Blob blob = connection.createBlob();//Where connection is the connection to db object. 
    blob.setBytes(1, byteContent);

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 08:53

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How are you setting blob to DB? You should do:

 //imagine u have a a prepared statement like:
 PreparedStatement ps = conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO table VALUES (?)");
 String blobString= "This is the string u want to convert to Blob";
oracle.sql.BLOB myBlob = oracle.sql.BLOB.createTemporary(conn, false,oracle.sql.BLOB.DURATION_SESSION);
 byte[] buff = blobString.getBytes();
 myBlob.putBytes(1,buff);
 ps.setBlob(1, myBlob);
 ps.executeUpdate();

answered Jul 01 '13 at 08:53

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First of all, the OP never stipulated that he is using Oracle RDMS. If he isn't, this code won't compile. – Buhake Sindi May 05 '14 at 19:53

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 03 '21 at 16:33

And here is my solution, that always works for me

StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
String temp;
BufferedReader bufReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(myBlob.getBinaryStream()));
    while ((temp=bufReader.readLine())!=null) {
        bufappend(temp);
    }

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 31 '21 at 13:28

Here is my solution:

Retrieve blob column from the database and pass it to the below method.

 public static String blobToString(BLOB blob) throws Exception {

        byte[] data = new byte[(int) blob.length()];
        BufferedInputStream instream = null;
        try {
        instream = new BufferedInputStream(blob.getBinaryStream());
        instream.read(data);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
        throw new Exception(ex.getMessage());
        } finally {
        instream.close();
        }
        
        int chunk = 65536;
        ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
        GZIPInputStream gis = new GZIPInputStream(bis);

         int length = 0;
        byte[] buffer = new byte[chunk];
        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        while ((length = gis.read(buffer, 0, chunk)) != -1) {
        bos.write(buffer, 0, length);
        }

        gis.close();
        bis.close();
        bos.close();
        
        String str = bos.toString();
        System.out.println(str);
        return str;

    }

score -2 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 15 '19 at 05:29

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To convert Blob to String in Java:

byte[] bytes = baos.toByteArray();//Convert into Byte array
String blobString = new String(bytes);//Convert Byte Array into String

answered Mar 15 '19 at 05:29

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you will get the error "The method toByteArray() is undefined for the type Blob" for the first line – Shiva Saurabh Feb 02 '23 at 06:52

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