Inserting images as BLOBs - any way to avoid using base64encode?

[Mark Wieder]

Devin-

> the variable you're loading it into *must* be accessed later in  another 
> statement, otherwise the download fails. It's almost like the  variable 
> doesn't become a valid variable unless it's accessed later.

...and if you (ahem) declare your local variables you'll find that it 
accomplishes the same purpose. And then the why of it all isn't quite so 
mystifying...

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 Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net