What do you mean SAVE. You scan the barcode and it return character string
no matter what the code type is. If you mean to save the barcode images,
sub-type binary is suitable for images.

At 03:15 03/07/25 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi there.
>
>I am nearing the end of the primary development of my app. Testing
>will begin in about a month or so.
>
>In the future, I would like to add a barcode scan ability to my app.
>I will be setting all of this up in a later release, but I would like
>to have the table structure ready now, for when I do this later.
>
>I'm gathering I will be using a BLOB field (sub_type binary)
>Can anyone give me any relevant pointers on storing barcode data?
>Is this field all thats needed, as far as FB is concerned, to store
>this kind of data?
>
>Is there anything tricky needed for this blob field? Do I need a
>filter of any kind?
>
>Thanks for any info.
>
>Rgds,
>-Ryan
>
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