[mapguide-users] BLOB and Mapguide OS

[Brad Nesom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLOB
Binary Large Object
Basically it means you have to either use a specific software to read and
write to data fields. (more than one software do that) Or use a middle teir
software that understands the particular "binary" of each filed and
translates to different software (that is what ESRI ArcSDE does).


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[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jason Birch
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:53 AM
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Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] BLOB and Mapguide OS

Colette,

BLOB is a data type, and doesn't tell you much on its own.

If they're using ArcSDE, it probably means that they're using its native
data type instead of Oracle / DB2 / whatever.

If they're using a different database, I have no idea what it means...

Jason 
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