Most MUMPS implementations have no problem with binary data. It's old utilities that are oriented to text-only data that might have a problem with it. GT.M, for instance is quite capable of uploading and downloading binary data, such as images, just fine. It can also easily hand off that task to utilities available in the Linux environment. We use this capability many thousands of times a day in VMACS and M2Web.
Ruben wrote: >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 --------------------------------------- Jim Self Systems Architect, Lead Developer VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) ------------------------------------------------------- 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 Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
