The sections that follow walk you through how ArcSDE accesses raster data within the raster store. Included is a short description of various data access scenarios and the Java & C API calls that are used. Also included are references to relevant sample code.

Accessing the Raster Column Metadata

Accessing the Raster Table and Querying the Raster Attributes

Accessing the Raster Data Store (bands table, band auxiliary table, blocks table)

Retrieving an Image from a Raster

Retrieving Tiles from a Raster

Retrieving Raster's Pyramid Information

See also

Database Schema