RE: storing serialized objects

[Zabach, Elke]

Brandon Kohn  wrote:   > I'm wondering if it would be possible to store a serialized object in the form of a byte array in a Long [varchar] column.  If not, what would be   > the best way to store a byte array in the db?   LONG    BYTE  ist a good way.   LONG (without BYTE) will usually mean LONG ASCII. LONG BYTE will never be converted, LONG ASCII may be converted (in case of UNICODE). And if real byte-data (no ascii-data) is stored in this LONG, conversion is useless --> LONG BYTE.   BTW: (VAR)CHAR knows the distinction between ASCII and BYTE, too.   Elke SAP Labs Berlin