Here's a great article on how to store pdf/whatever binary as blob chunks:
http://www.dreamwerx.net/phpforum/?id=1 On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Jay Pipes wrote: > Ed wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm trying to figure out how to put a pdf file into a blob field. > > > > I guess a pdf file is a binnary file and it will contain characters that > > will > > mess things up, so my question is: > > > > can it be done? Or better, how can it be done? ;) > > > > Any pointers to documentation are a bonus! > > Is there a specific reason you want to store this in a database? Why > not use the local (or networked) file system and simply store the > metadata about the PDF in the database? > > Cheers, > > Jay > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
