Thanks for the quick response Dan, that solution is correct, but Steve beat you to the punch. :)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:35 AM > To: Levon Barker; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Perl + Oracle + Blobs + PDFs - Dumping to filesystem > > > > while ($sth->fetch()) { > > open FH, ">$binObjId.pdf"; > > print FH, $contents; > > close FH; > > } > > > > That almost works. > > > > After this runs on a coulple of files, I try to open one, and > > the PDF reports that the file is damaged and also none of the > > jpgs that were embedded in the PDF show up. Acrobat tells me > > that there is insufficient data to display the image. > > > > So I am guessing that 'print FH, $contents' is a bad way to > > get the pdf to the file system. > > > > You need to writre it in binary mode: > > open FH ... > binmode FH; > print FH ...... > > perldoc -f binmode > > HTH > > DMuey > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]