Hello Lester,

>m.tonies@... [firebird-support] wrote:
>> Nevertheless, the parameter is BLOB. Why is one blob conversion
>> supported,
>> but an other, that looks the same to the user, fails?
>
>Martijn ... I always thought that the 'blob' in a function had to be an
>existing blob element i.e. a field in an existing table, so trying to
>upload a static variable in the first example is wrong as it does not
>exist as a blob, while your insert is converting the static variable
>into a format that can be stored in the identified blob. Your blob
>function needs the field name of the blob you want to work with?

I know a bit about the implementation and blob descriptors etc.

Point is, when the hex literal is put into a table, Firebird transforms the
literal
into a BLOB, but when it needs to pass a value to an external function, it
can't
do the same.

That's confusing.

Why would an external function require a field name as the "blob value"? It
expects a blob value. From the user point of view, I see no reason why this
can't be a temporary blob, or a just-converted-blob, like the SQL INSERT
statement can.


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

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