Subject Re: [firebird-support] Variable Data Field Size
Author Daniel Albuschat
2008/10/22 Alan McDonald <alan@...>:
>> Thanx Daniel .. I will definitely try and use it then ... any
>> limitations you can think of ...
>>
>> Im kinda want to use a variety of binary formats... ie zips, pdfs, ..
>> exe's, images.. office docs, report formats.
>>
>> Any limitations/tips in your experience you may want to share ..
>
> sounds like you're in for a bloaty database.
> I'd recommend zipping on the fly.

Yep, that's exactly what I am doing. I'm using the "standard" deflate
algorithm with zlib.
Other than that, I'm not doing anything special.

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