Jeff,

> We need to automatically compress and decompress large text blobs as
> they are written to and read from the database. I believe this can be
> done with a filter but I do not know how to write or impliment it. If
> anyone has some sample code, a link, or knows where there might be a
> good tutorial it would be greatly appreciated.

Filters only work if you explicitly tell the server to fetch blobs
for a specific filter.

Some client component sets understand this, but it's not an easy
task.

It would be far easier to do this on the client side.

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, NexusDB, Oracle &
MS SQL Server
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com
My thoughts:
http://blog.upscene.com/martijn/
Database development questions? Check the forum!
http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com