BLOB column/field data type? -- RPG400-L

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Subject: BLOB column/field data type?
From: IBMiSoftwareEngineer <ibmisoftwareengineer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:54:43 -0500
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Does anyone know how to determine the type of data stored in a BLOB field
when accessing a table with embedded SQL within RPGLE?

For instance does the BLOB field contain a JPEG image or a PDF file, etc...?

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Re: BLOB column/field data type? , Charles Wilt

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