When the system property h2.lobInDatabase is set, reading a BLOB is a bit faster…

When the system property h2.lobInDatabase is set, reading a BLOB is a bit faster because the length is not read.

h2/src/docsrc/html/changelog.html

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ Change Log
 <h1>Change Log</h1>
 
 <h2>Next Version (unreleased)</h2>
-<ul><li>The SimpleResultSet now has a feature to not close the result set after reading the last row.
+<ul><li>When the system property h2.lobInDatabase is set, reading a BLOB is a bit faster
+    because the length is not read.
+</li><li>The SimpleResultSet now has a feature to not close the result set after reading the last row.
 </li><li>Native fulltext search: the ignore list doesn't need to be all uppercase now.
 </li><li>Improved statistics output in the Recover tool.
 </li><li>Issue 269: GROUP BY queries with a column or having clause that contains IN(SELECT ...) 

h2/src/main/org/h2/store/LobStorage.java

@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@ public class LobStorage {
         private int seq;
         private CompressTool compress;
 
-        public LobInputStream(Connection conn, long lob) throws IOException {
+        public LobInputStream(Connection conn, long lob, long byteCount) throws IOException {
             this.conn = conn;
+            this.lob = lob;
+            if (byteCount == -1) {
                 try {
                     this.lob = lob;
                     PreparedStatement prep = conn.prepareStatement(
@@ -190,6 +192,9 @@ public class LobStorage {
                 } catch (SQLException e) {
                     throw DbException.convertToIOException(e);
                 }
+            } else {
+                remainingBytes = byteCount;
+            }
         }
 
         public int read() throws IOException {
@@ -310,11 +315,12 @@ public class LobStorage {
      * Get the input stream for the given lob.
      *
      * @param lobId the lob id
+     * @param byteCount the number of bytes to read, or -1 if not known
      * @return the stream
      */
-    public InputStream getInputStream(long lobId) throws IOException {
+    public InputStream getInputStream(long lobId, long byteCount) throws IOException {
         init();
-        return new LobInputStream(conn, lobId);
+        return new LobInputStream(conn, lobId, byteCount);
     }
 
     private ValueLobDb addLob(InputStream in, long maxLength, int type) {

h2/src/main/org/h2/value/ValueLobDb.java

@@ -276,8 +276,9 @@ public class ValueLobDb extends Value implements Value.ValueClob, Value.ValueBlo
             return new BufferedInputStream(new FileStoreInputStream(store, handler, false, alwaysClose),
                     Constants.IO_BUFFER_SIZE);
         }
+        long byteCount = (type == Value.BLOB) ? precision : -1;
         try {
-            return lobStorage.getInputStream(lobId);
+            return lobStorage.getInputStream(lobId, byteCount);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw DbException.convertIOException(e, toString());
         }