RE: What about Blobs?

["Pete Helgren" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan, Sounds like I have some more research to do (as usual!).

James, I vaguely coming across the "datalink" field before.  Do you know if
that is an iSeries centric thing or is it a DB2 thing, or ?


Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
801.581.1154 x202

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James H H Lampert
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:16 PM
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Subject: RE: What about Blobs?

> If that's the case, then the choice is clear.  It's easier to upload a 
> PC file to an IFS directory than upload into a blob.  It's easier to 
> write a file reference to a column, than to insert the "contents" of a 
> file into a column. . . .

And there's a dedicated field type, called a "datalink," specifically for
that situation. It allows for a comment in addition to the URL, and it can
optionally verify that the URLs you plug into it are valid.

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JHHL


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