> Yes, but good is encode binary data (image) to same ascii safe
> encoding like base64, else you will have problem in INSERT/UPDATE
> queries.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only thing "lztext" can't store is
NULLs, which could escaped somehow with other (rare) characters. Still
overhead, but you shouldn't be storing large pieces of binary data this
way, I think.
- Andrew