adrian Greeman said: > Please excuse a very simple inquiry from a near beginner > > If I wish to store a complete Word file or similar (Open Office perhaps) > or an archive file - is that possible and what kind of field do I need > for it? How do you insert a file into a table if so? > > I know that you can store pictures - what field do I need for those and > again how to insert? > > > Regards > > Adrian Yes you would need to use a 'blob' type field. However, please consider writing the information to the file system and then storing the address on the file system in the database. Last time I checked fixed length database records process much faster. What computer language are you using to do the work. That would help in answering the rest of the question.
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