Re: While you're packing (some questions about gb.db2)

[Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Il 14/08/24 11:58, Bruce Steers ha scritto:
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 at 10:49, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>     On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 at 11:31, Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>         Il 14/08/24 10:23, Gianluigi ha scritto:
>          > Il 14/08/24 10:18, Benoît Minisini ha scritto:
>          >> Le 14/08/2024 à 10:15, Gianluigi a écrit :
>          >>> Hi Benoit,
>          >>>
>          >>> Why was Blob abandoned?
>          >>> Why can't the string field contain an image?
>          >>> Is the string field (which replaces Blob) only used to
>         contain the file
>          >>> address?
>          >>>
>          >>> Happy holidays again
>          >>>
>          >>> Gianluigi
>          >>>
>          >>> P.S. If you don't have time to answer, don't worry, when
>         you return the
>          >>> list will be much longer ;-D
>          >>>
>          >>
>          >> You can put whatever you want in a string. Just see it as a
>         array of
>          >> bytes.
>          >>
>          >> Regards,
>          >>
>          >
>          > ah ok, as usual, I didn't understand.
>          >
>          > Thanks and regards
>          > Gianluigi
>          >
>          >
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>         Hi Benoit,
>
>         I did as you suggested, but I still get the same error:
>         Cannot create record: unrecognized token: "'‰PNG
>         ^Z
>         "       -1
>
>         What didn't I understand? See attached project link:
>         https://paste.c-net.org/BalloonPavilion
>         <https://paste.c-net.org/BalloonPavilion>
>
>         Regards
>         Gianluigi
>
>
>     Did you try just loading the image directly?
>
>          hResult!image = File.Load(sPath)
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>
>     Respects
>     BruceS
>
>
> Sorry i tested that and it didn't work, same error.
>
> I have overcome Image-String issues with HTTP methods by using Base64 /
> FromBase64
>
> By converting the string to Base64 it removes characters that cause
> problems.
> then i read back the data and use FromBase64 to convert it back to the
> image.
>
>      hResult!image = Base64(File.Load(sPath))
>
> this makes "#Database successfully created!" message :)
>
> Respects

Hi Bruce,

this was already suggested by Claus but it seems like just a ploy,
that's not what Benoit responds.

Regards
Gianluigi