I am planning to store images in a BLOB field. What is the best way to work with BLOBs?
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Question: I have to work with images. So I am planning to store them in a BLOB field. But I am afraid about the size of the transmission. What is the best way to work with BLOBs?
Answer: In FIBPlus version 4.8.1 (and upwards) we implemented local BLOB-filter mechanism. It enables you to pack images before sending them to a database and unpack them when getting them from the database. This process is transparent for your application. You can also see a BLOB-filter example and read an article about BLOBs
I've looked at FIBPlus and feel that it is one of the fastest (if not the fastest) IB components out there. Congratulations on doing such a fine job. >>Barry McClure
