The user-defined storage characteristics

The application program can define a unique set of storage characteristics for a new smart large object, as follows:

For smart large objects that are to be stored in a column, you can override some storage characteristics for the column when it creates an instance of a smart large object.
If the application does not override some or all of these characteristics, the smart large object uses the column-level storage characteristics.
You can specify a wider set of characteristics for each smart large object since the smart large object is not constrained by table column properties.
If the application programmer does not override some or all of these characteristics, the smart large object inherits the system-specified storage characteristics.

To specify user-defined storage characteristics, use the appropriate accessor functions for the LO-specification structure. For more information about these accessor functions, see The LO-specification structure.