FREE-BLOB-HANDLE

The FREE-BLOB-HANDLE function initializes a BLOB handle freeing the memory allocated for the BLOB data.

This function should be used after the BLOB has been stored into the database table and its handle has become useless.

Syntax:

CALL "ESQL$BLOB" USING FREE-BLOB-HANDLE                         blobHandle                  GIVING returnCode

Parameters:

ESQL-BLOB-FREE	Constant
blobHandle	USAGE HANDLE	It's the handle that identifies the BLOB to be initialized.

Return code:

returnCode is set to the size in bytes of the BLOB data if the function succeeds, otherwise it's set to zero.