Re: Byte data
You can make this by small 4gl aplication. Look at chapter about
blobs.
main
DEFINE mtxt RECORD LIKE tablewithdata.*
LOCATE mtxt.pictureField IN FILE <fileName.jpg>
select *
into mtx.*
from tablewithdata
where ....
free mtx.picturefield
end main
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:16:23 -0600, "Rajesh Kapur" <rkapur@mpr.org>
wrote:
>I have a vendor supplied application. The images (JPG format) are stored in
>a byte field within IDS 9.4 database. I need to download these images to
>individual jpg files to be served as static content. I used the unload
>command in dbaccess. The resulting file has binary data. I ftp'd the file to
>the desktop in the binary mode. The file does not open with the windows
>viewer. The error message is ... 'no preview available'. I do not have any
>experience working with byte fields. Can someone please point me in the
>right direction?.... Thanks! Rajesh
>