BLOB fields aren't text, they hold raw data such as an image, DOC file or something else. They're roughly similar to a TEXT field in that they hold the same amount of data. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/blob.html
<!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: Mickael Elmalem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:40 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Problem with MySQL Hello All, I have a problem with an app that I inherited that was not working properly. The database is MySQL but they want to convert it to a new database after extracting the old data. I do not have much experience with MySQL and I am stumped with one field that they have in the database. When I view the database via PHPMyAdmin I see that the field in question has a type of Blob with an Attribute of Binary. This field as per the site is supposed to house text longer than a few character so similar to the memo type in Access. When I browse the database throught the MyAdmin it says the the contents of the field are [BLOB - 1 Bytes] or [BLOB - 20 Bytes] How do I extract that information from the as the raw text from this type of field? I bought a MySQL to MSAccess converter and does the trick no problem expect for this field. Any Ideas? Thanks Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222173 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
