The following table lists limitations to the methods in the Blob class that are added in the JDBC2.0 basic standard.

Table 17-32 Limitations to the methods added by JDBC2.0 basic standards for Blob class

Method added by JDBC2.0 basic standard	Limitation
setBinaryStream	Cannot be used for JDBC1.4 methods. If used, the method unconditionally throws an SQLException.
setBytes
truncate