On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 03:32:28AM -0400, aducom wrote:
> You can use escape routines of your own but if other 
> app's will need the same database you might face compatibility 
> problems. It's been an isue to us rather a while now.

At the cost of boosting each blob's size by about 30%, base64 encoding of
the blobs raises no compatibility issues. 

Whether +30% is acceptable depends on the specific application, of course.

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