Re: How to store non-printable characters ?

Carlos, It sounds like what you need is a text data type, which is a "blob" - for which you need the OnLine engine. This is an expensive option if you do not already have it. Regards, Pete Harris On 18 Apr 1995, Carlos Palma wrote: } I've posted before one article similar to this, but as no answer came } by (except one sugestion concerning escapes, which didn't work) I'm } reposting it with another 'look': } } Anyone know what datatype should have a column that is intended to } store non-printable characters ? } } CHAR column's do not do it ! } I want to store characters like ^M (control-M or carriage return) and } ^J (control-J or linefeed) in a memo-type field like 'observations'. } I want to use this in ESQL. } } Any help will be appreciated ! }