I need to store more than 9,000 bytes of text in a column in a SQL Server database and use ColdFusion to extract the data. I have been trying with an image column. When I query wtih cfm i get a bunch of gibberish, I can't tell if the insert isn't working or if the query can't handle the binary results.
I'm sure these problems (both insert and cfm query) have been solved and at least the Perl one posted to the list but I can't find searchable archives. I guess one alternative is to store the data in an include file and the address of the include in the database, but I would like to avoid this. I have been having trouble subscribing to this list - please respond directly. Thanks in advance, -John So far the closest code I think I have written is this (no errors reported at insert - error trapping removed): my $long = "A23456789B" x 1000; $long = $dbh->quote( $long, SQL_LONGVARBINARY ); my $sql = "INSERT INTO TestImage( ImageType ) VALUES ( ? )"; my $sth = $dbh->prepare( $sql ); $sth->bind_param( 1, $long, { TYPE => SQL_LONGVARBINARY } ); my $ret = $sth->execute( $long );