Re: Locating a blob in memory

Jacob, You wrote: > In ESQL, if I locate a blob in memory, I can access that nemory and do > intelligent work against it. This is because I either set the location > of the memory buffer or can find it using internal fields of the > "locator" structure. > > However, in 4GL. if I locate it in memory, what in *&^! can I do with > it? I see no 4Gl commands or functions to access the blob data once I > have fetched it into memory. I can't even copy it to another buffer. But through a C call, you can access the blob. You "LOCATE" the blob variable in your 4GL program, right? After you pass the variable to a C function, you pop the blob locator info off the stack with the poplocator() call. -- _____________________________________________________________________ | Colin McGrath cmm@trac3000.ueci.com | | Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, Inc. (215) 422-4144 | | Phila, PA, USA Standard Disclaimers Apply | |___________________________________________________________________|