> Does anyone know off hand how the SQL standard suggests passing
> binary byte arrays?

we have inplemented a working way to enter data from files
in ibexpert in all scripts. details here:
http://www.ibexpert.info/documentation/14958.html

if you just need small data amounts in blobs, you might use a udf
(in http://www.ibexpert.com/download/udf/ freeadhocudf file you
can find some examples for text blobs). Sourcecode is included,
so you might add some functions for binary conversions.


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