How to store non-printable characters ?

Posted in 1995

Carlos Palma — 18 Apr 1995 10:19:11 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

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 !