Re: using 4gl to retrieve blobs from Informix databases
tdrapeau@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>Does anyone have an elegant way in 4gl to select a blob? Sorry if there is an
>obvious answer that I should know - in that case, someone have mercy on me and
>clue me in on it :-)
>
>Thanks for any help you can give,
>
>Thomas Drapeau
>
It is quite simple:
Define myBlob BYTE -- or TEXT
LOCATE myBlob IN FILE "mystorage"
SELECT my_byte_col
INTO myBlob
FROM my_table
Hope this helps,
Octav
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