> > 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.

But ... that path is SERVER SIDE, isn't it?

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