Hi,
I can store and retrieve binary data in the form of image or sound files.
However, I wanted to store up to say, 10,000 bytes of textual data. Since
varchar has a 255 byte ceiling I thought that mediumblob might be nice for
this. I can store the stuff as mediumblob without difficulty.
However, when I try to retrieve the mediumblob (just character data
originally) via PHP4, I tried this:
$sectionText1=mysql_query(" select sectionText from sectionbinaries where
TestID='$test' and section='$section' ");
$section1=mysql_fetch_row($sectionText1);
This section1 array gives me a raft of stuff, including a lot more than I
want. So I looked in the manual and found that:
"mysql_query() cannot be used for queries that contain binary data; you
should use mysql_real_query() instead. "
SO I switched to:
$sectionText1=mysql_real_query(" select sectionText from sectionbinaries
where TestID='$test' and section='$section' ");
$section1=mysql_fetch_row($sectionText1);
and received the following error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_real_query() in data.php3 on
line 210
Can anyone point me in the correct direction?
1. It is character data originally -- should I be using a mediumblob format
to get 10,000 bytes or so into storage?
2. What function might I use (and how can I use it) to correctly display
the data if stored as something other than varchar?
Thanks for your time!
-Warren
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