Spring JdbcTemplate - Insert blob and return generated key

Question

From the Spring JDBC documentation, I know how to insert a blob using JdbcTemplate

final File blobIn = new File(\"spring2004.jpg\");
final InputStream blobIs         


        

Answer 1

In case your underlying database is mysql, you can autogenerate your primary key. Then to insert a record into your db, you can use the following syntax for insertion:

INSERT INTO lob_table (a_blob) VALUES (?)