(no version information, might be only in CVS)
OCI-Lob->flush -- Flushes/writes buffer of the LOB to the serverOCI-Lob->flush() actually writes data to the server.
flag
By default, resources are not freed, but using flag OCI_LOB_BUFFER_FREE you can do it explicitly. Be sure you know what you're doing - next read/write operation to the same part of LOB will involve a round-trip to the server and initialize new buffer resources. It is recommended to use OCI_LOB_BUFFER_FREE flag only when you are not going to work with the LOB anymore.