| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] BLOB subtype 5 - Firebird 2.1.1.17910 Embedded - Win32 |
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| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2008-06-25T10:59:07Z |
At 08:33 PM 25/06/2008, you wrote:
Where did you get the information that a user-defined binary blob's subtype should be 5? It has always been - and still is - 0. You can define your own subtypes using negative numbers.
./heLen
>While Create Table with subtype 5 (Binary) with BLOB(1,5) I get an errorNope. Sub-types higher than 1 have always been internal subtypes with special text or text-like encodings. Subtype 5 stores encoded table metadata.
>message:
>
>"Data type unknown. Blob sub_types bigger than 1 (text) are for internal use
>only"
>
>Something changed between 2.0 an 2.1 with the Binary BLOB types?
Where did you get the information that a user-defined binary blob's subtype should be 5? It has always been - and still is - 0. You can define your own subtypes using negative numbers.
./heLen