> >to transfer a BLOB? I hoped that some existing software could cope
> >with this - but that is not the case or ??
>
> If you mean, has someone written a utility for transferring blobs -

yes,

> probably, and it will be sitting on his hard disk panting to be let

out.

This was exactly what I meant. I wonder why the Interbase people
haven't made such a tool available? ... it seems like a must if you
want to access Interbase from Paradox ... and it IS possible to get
blob's out of Interbase with programmes from the package (e.g.
blobdump from isql) ... you just can't get data in easily :o)

Anyway, such a program would be very welcomed!

>
> In the meantime, this is very easy to do if you have any Borland
> programming environments at your disposal. Do you?

Not at the moment. What do you recommend ? (Delphi-something ?)

Currently we use Paradox and we are stuck for quite a while (read: a
large amount of "code" is currently "in" Paradox).

>
> >I'm going to use the BLOBs from Paradox through the BDE (if
> >possible). Are there any limitations from BDE (e.g. on segment

length

> ><= 255) that I should know of ? Do Paradox run with a fixed segment
> >length ?
>
> No. If you have the BDE and Delphi, you can use the Datapump or

write your

> own Datapump. Tell us more about what you have available. The

more

> information you give us, the easier it will be to try and help you.
>

What I have available is Paradox v. 9, Interbase SS for Linux 6.01,
and IBClient 1.6 for Windows.

Thanks!

Michael