The method returns a byte[] value of this OracleVector instance.

Declaration

// C#
public byte[] ToByteArray();

Return Value

A byte[]

Exceptions

OracleNullValueException - The current instance has a null value.

ObjectDisposedException - The object is already disposed.

InvalidCastException - The VectorType is Sparse.

Remarks

If the vector's numeric format is not OracleDbType.Vector_Binary, then this method implicitly converts the vector values to byte types.

This is the only valid To*Array() method for Binary format vectors.