> > > Firebird only supports direct blob inserts into text blobs, not
> >binary data.
> >
> >
> >so no even manipulating the image as a giant string would work? and
> >possibly as a varchar?
>
> No. The whole point of a BLOB ("binary large object") is to pass

" the thing that ate Cincinnatti, Cleveland, or whatever"

> binary objects (such as a JPEG) without concern as to their contents or

size.

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