I have only been forewarned about java/blobs. would you know of an example
somewhere using blobs with java?(jaybird)

Daniel

At 01:54 PM 8/12/2003 +0200, you wrote:

>Hi Daniel,
>
> > Java does not support blobs very well
>
>Why not? You can - most probably, I haven't checked - read it
>from your resultset as a string.
>
> >, would you know the max size of a
> > varchar?it may be a good replacement?
>
>The max-size for a varchar is about 32765 characters or so. But
>read this first:
><http://www.volny.cz/iprenosil/interbase/ip_ib_strings.htm>http://www.volny.cz/iprenosil/interbase/ip_ib_strings.htm
>
> > > > I'm presently converting a mysql database to a firebird 1.5 database.
> > >MySQL
> > > > has a text field type to go to 64k. what should I be using with
>firebird,
> > > > to get the same functionality?
> > > >
> > > > can someone give me a suggestion, please
> > >
> > >BLOB subtype TEXT.
> > >
> > >Up to lots of Gigs...
>
>
>With regards,
>
>Martijn Tonies
>Database Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase & Firebird
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