Re: Storing image contents in TEXT fields

Jerome Alet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to know if it's possible to store an image content in a TEXT field,
> or if another type is needed (in this case, then which one ?).
>
> I don't want to use BLOBs, because I modify an existing application
> which also works with MySQL, and I can't update to postgresql-7.1.x
> (I don't admin this server)
>
> in a TEXT field the image seems to be truncated at the first nul byte.

To have the highest portability across ALL databases, you
might be best off by converting it to/from base64 or similar
in the client application and store the string in a text or
varchar attribute.

If you can't upgrade to 7.1.x, you'll have to slice and
reassemble it yourself. 7.0 doesn't have TOAST.

Jan

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