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Using BLOBs (Byte) in VB6 via OLE DB to IDS 7.30

Posted in 1999

Topics: Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

Richard Spitz — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi Informixers, without any previous experience with BLOBs, I'm having trouble starting a project that uses "byte" type BLOBs with IDS 7.30 as backend, VB6 as frontend and Informix's OLE DB provider as middleware. I have a rather simple employee information system using the above tools that my boss now wants enhanced with pictures. The VB6 and OLE DB documentation doesn't give me any hints about BLOBs. Does anybody have experience with this subject and maybe some example source code to point me in the right direction? Regards, Richard -- +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-6110 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-6420 <-- NEW!!! | | 81366 Munich, Germany | GSM : +49-172-8933578 | +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+

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Leopold The Cat — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Richard, In VB6 DataEnvironment associate Image control with your picture field. Leopold Richard Spitz <Richard.Spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de> wrote in message news:37B930FD.5E42403E@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de... > Hi Informixers, > > without any previous experience with BLOBs, I'm having trouble starting > a project that uses "byte" type BLOBs with IDS 7.30 as backend, > VB6 as frontend and Informix's OLE DB provider as middleware. > > I have a rather simple employee information system using the above > tools that my boss now wants enhanced with pictures. The VB6 and > OLE DB documentation doesn't give me any hints about BLOBs. Does > anybody have experience with this subject and maybe some example > source code to point me in the right direction? > > Regards, Richard > -- > +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+ > | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | > | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-6110 | > | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-6420 <-- NEW!!! | > | 81366 Munich, Germany | GSM : +49-172-8933578 | > +--------------------------+------------------------------------------+

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