>content -- maybe a "binary vs. text" flag or something.
Ben,
That's not an option. What if the database is not mine (I don't have control over its structure or the like). My thought was, if you/MM have a way/algorithm, that is, BASE64 to convert binary data, you should also know if a set of data has been "BASE64"ed with the same algorithm in a reverse fasion, so, a function like IsBase64 would be very helpful.
>Ah. Sorry. I thought you were using "simple data" in a technical sense.
>
>As far as I know, there's not really a good way to do this. After all,
>"IBM +3.75 6% 14-3/8" would make sense to some people (well, it would if
>it were really a stock quote), but doesn't fit the "English or Number"
>model.
>
>On the other hand, it is technically possible for an image (for example)
>to convert to an integer in Base64.
>
>I would guess that your best bet is to store some metadata about the
>content -- maybe a "binary vs. text" flag or something.
>
>I know that doesn't really answer your question, but I hope it helps anyway.
>
>--Ben Doom
>
>Chunshen (Don) Li wrote:
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