P.S. I am using IBObjects 5+
Thanks,
Chuck

> Hello:
>
> I am a little confused about using Blob (text) fields in IBO. (Delphi
> XE2, FB 2.52, Win7)
>
> When I do the following
>
> Grid.Cell[x,y].asString := qry.FieldByName('some_blob').asString;
>
> Are there limits to the string length? Are they ~32K or the Delphi
> String limits (> 1 billion)?
>
> If they are the lower amount, I would like to make sure I can pass
> longer strings.
> What is the best IBO way of doing this?
>
> I tried
> TIB_ColumnMemo(qry.FieldByName('some_blob')).AssignTo(Cell[x,y]);
>
> and that just led to an error: Cannot access some_blob as DateTime.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck Belanger
>
>
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