I've been experimenting with storing image data in blob fields, and I was surprised that using the mysql client to select the field with a semi-colon query terminator resulted in the binary data being dumped to the terminal (with lots of beeping) while using the \G query terminator resulted in just a few symbols such as
imgdata: ëPNG ? (where imgdata is the field name) and no beeps. I'm _not_ surprised with the beeps due to trying to view the binary data, just the disparity in behavior when using the different terminators. I've been searching the manual for about an hour now and can't seem to find a reference to this difference in behavior in the mysql client. Nothing urgent here. Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this as I've always gotten the same results either way, though I'm certainly no expert using blob data types. Thanks, David
