[Zope] storing binary data in an external database

[Christian Theune]

Howdi.

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:31:42PM -0500, Bryan C. Andregg wrote:
> I need to be able to store images and the like in a postgres table. It would
> seem that <dtml-sqlvar> isn't going to be what I want because there isn't a
> type definition for what I want (the data isn't exactly a string, right?).
> 
> I'm reading in the file contents using REQUEST['file'].read(), which works
> great for ascii text files, but not binaries.

Well REQUEST['file'].read() is ok for binaries, just passing it 1to1 through
the database method and adapter may be a bit messy (mixing up sql code aso)
so i prefer to encode (e.g. base64) the binary data so it gets "string-compatible"
and you can safely insert it into your sql method.

> 
> Any help appreciated.
> -- 
> Bryan C. Andregg		Duke University Medical Center
>  Programmer			Dept. of Anesthesiology
>  e <bryan.andregg@duke.edu>
>  p +1 919 684 6201

Greetings

Christian


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