BLOB

Binary large object (BLOB) is a generic term used to describe the handling and storage of long strings of data by database management systems.

BLOB type in databases

DB2 BLOB
In DB2, BLOB (Binary Large Object) is a data type used to store large amounts of binary data, such as images, audio files, video files, and other unstructured binary data.

Oracle BLOB
In Oracle, the BLOB (Binary Large Object) data type is used to store large amounts of binary data, such as images, audio files, video files, and other unstructured binary information.

SQL Server VARBINARY
In SQL Server, there isn’t a data type named BLOB like in some other database systems. However, it offers several data types to store binary data, including VARBINARY, BINARY, and IMAGE (although IMAGE is deprecated as of SQL Server 2005 and should be avoided in new development).

MySQL BLOB
In MySQL, the BLOB (Binary Large Object) data types are used to store large amounts of binary data, such as images, audio, and video files.

PostgreSQL BYTEA
In PostgreSQL, BLOB (Binary Large Object) is not a native data type. However, PostgreSQL provides similar functionality through the BYTEA data type which is used to store binary data.

SQLite BLOB
In SQLite, the BLOB (Binary Large Object) data type is used to store binary data such as images, audio files, or any other non – text data.

Azure BLOB cloud storage service

Azure BLOB is a type of object storage in Microsoft Azure’s cloud storage service, mainly used for storing large amounts of unstructured data, such as text, images, videos, audio, and more.

Common use cases for storing binary data using the BLOB data type

1. Storing Images

Images can be stored as BLOB data.

2. Audio and Video Storage

You can store the media (Audio and Video) files BLOB data.

3. Document Storage

You can store various types of documents such as PDFs, Word documents, and Excel spreadsheets BLOB data.

You can try DBBlobEditor – A desktop client tool for editing / importing / exporting BLOB data