> >>For dynamic SQL you're supposed to be able to declare your blob filter

to

> >>the database and then use the FILTER FROM .. TO .. clause to output your
> >>converted blob. I tried it every which way, using the predefined

subtypes,

> >>but it just kept telling me "Feature not supported" or something of that

ilk.

> >>So it's nice little task for someone to surface that out of the API and

put

> >>it into the DSQL language set.
>
> > This apparently works fine in embedded SQL, but not in DSQL.
> >
> > Back to square 1, Lester.
>
> One for the developers list them :)
> It's nice to start pinning some of these esoteric bits down!

Oh, indeed. Having blob filters available in DSQL would
be a nice addition. And opens up a market for 3rd-party
blob filters ;-) ;-)


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com