RE: Blobs - Was - Floating Point Question

[mcrump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

BLOB stands for  Binary Large OBjects.  Typically a BLOB would be used for
storing bitmap images, diagrams, audio clips, scanned
documents or very large text components.  One thing that the UDB/400 addresses
(as of 10/29 I believe) is that currently the BLOB is not stored in the
database;  instead a pointer to a file containing the BLOB is stored in the
database.  Another limitation has been the historic 16 Meg limit on BLOB's that
I believe V4R4 eliminated as of May....




"McCallion, Martin" <MccalliM@Midas-Kapiti.com> on 08/16/99 02:32:24 AM

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To:   "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
cc:    (bcc: Mike Crump/IS/Ball-Foster)

Subject:  RE: Blobs - Was - Floating Point Question




I have to admit to a little (or possibly a lot of) ignorance here.

What are blobs?

Martin.

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Martin McCallion
Midas-Kapiti International
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