Multiple choice technology databases

which datatype store pointer to binary file on disk

  1. BLOB

  2. CLOB

  3. BFILE

  4. NCLOB

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In Oracle, BFILE is a datatype that stores a pointer/locator to a binary file stored on the operating system's disk (outside the database). BLOB and CLOB store the actual data within the database, while NCLOB stores Unicode character data internally.