Hi Andy, I looked at your page. But could not see how you actually write a select statement to view the data.
>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:4:222187 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
