Re: How to store non-printable characters ?

} } Carlos Palma <cap@smd.pt> 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 ! If you are using ONLINE use a BYTE (BLOB) datatype Michael