Just to have another opinion, my friend Ivan says that indeed char or
varchar will incur in the same overhead through the network:
http://www.volny.cz/iprenosil/interbase/ip_ib_strings.htm

C.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claudio Valderrama C. [mailto:cvalde@...]
> Sent: Viernes 26 de Enero de 2001 23:53
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [IBO] Performance (as a result of blob inserts)
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> Use a packet sniffer tool, for example.
> Or read the source code of IB.
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> C.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ing. Th. Kuperus [mailto:thijs@...]
> > Sent: Viernes 26 de Enero de 2001 19:50
> >
> > Is there a way to check this? Not that I really have an option, coz I
> > noticed Blob's are close to useless over an ISDN connection, so
> I have to
> > use the VARCHAR anyway...
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