You could always look into hacking the code that drives the `file'
application, to a point it can determine the binary data type.
David Lidström wrote:
>
> Let's say it's an image, zip archive or a PDF-file!?
> I am creating a GUI-client, so it's when a table is
> listed, and the field is containing a file I'd like
> to know this somehow... If possible!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: den 30 maj 2001 03:28
> To: David Lidström; MYSQL LIST
> Subject: Re: Binary
>
> At 9:16 AM +0200 5/29/01, David Lidström wrote:
> > Is there some kind of pattern in fields containing
> > binary data - so you can be sure that is really IS
> > binary!?
> > I.e. if I in my database have a BLOB-field and
> > sometimes write a string, and sometimes a file?!
>
> Given that a file can contain ordinary string data, it's difficult to
> know how to answer your question. What's your definition of binary
> data?
>
> One way to solve this would be to add another column to the table
> that you set to explicitly indicate what kind of information is
> in your BLOB column. Then you wouldn't have to guess.
>
> >
> >Regards David
>
> --
> Paul DuBois, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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