Helen,

> However, there is no way to pass blob data in scripts, which
> are entirely alphanumeric.

There is, with my UDF :-) In the script you pass a full path to a file:

INSERT INTO FOO(IMAGE)
VALUES(F_FILETOBLOB('C:\Documents and Settings\User\Documents\Images\My big
image.jpg');

It is written in Delphi however, and can integrate in the FreeUDF library,
even if I have made my own UDF library.

Regards
Salvatore