Saving files to database

[Bob Sneidar]

The thing that would concern me is if the file had a quote in it, as might be the case with a word file. If you are talking about image data, there shouldn't be a problem with that, especially since the format for modern image files are all "internet friendly". 

I guess it just depends on the nature of the data. 

Bob


On Mar 15, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Devin Asay wrote:

> Bob and Slug,
> 
> I've been doing this for years, but I have never used base 64 encoding and decoding. I've moved multiple gigabytes of binary data back and forth between local machine and mySql server without any trouble at all. So my question is, why use base 64 encoding if it doesn't make any difference?
> 
> Devin
> 
> Devin Asay
> Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
> Brigham Young University