Kevin, it may be easier to encode the binary into a subset of ASCII/ANSI that is supported by M "string". There are many definitions on what a string *is* depending on the language and system - but I'm sure you can find a codeset that fits. Base64 in the worse case.
/David. David Sommers, Architect | Dialog Medical -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruben Safir Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 3:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] more M read questions On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 15:13 -0400, smcphelan wrote: > Here, here. Chris also stated this. ANSI standard M is not really designed > to handle binary data. This is one reason Intersystems added extensions (if > you wish to call it that). But then you are bound to a specific M vendor's > implementation, in this case, Cache. > This is all beyond me because all data is just data. ASCI, Binary, all the same thing. No matter how you look at it, a byte can only have one of 256 representations. The rest is all interpretation. Ruben ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
