Confused about storing arrays in a custom property

[Pete]

No problem Bob, I'm learning fast that there are a LOT of variations between
SQL DB types!
Pete
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On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:

> Oh right. I should read up before one hand typing something. :-)
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Aug 23, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Pete wrote:
>
> > Turns out there's an sqlite parameter that controls the max length
> > (SQLITE_MAX_LENGTH) - its default is 1 billion so I think I'm safe
> storing
> > encoded array information!
> >
> > You might be thinking of the mySQL CHAR data type size limit which is
> 255.
> >
> > Pete
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> > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 255 if i am not mistaken. Larger and you need to use blobs
> >>
> >> bob
> >>
> >> On Aug 23, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Pete wrote:
> >>
> >>> Good point Jan, I will check on the max size of a TEXT column in sqlite
> >>> Pete
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> >>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Jan Schenkel <janschenkel at yahoo.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Glad it helped - as for storing in a CLOB, that's just the database I
> >> use
> >>>> at the day-job, which makes a distinction between CLOB and BLOB for
> >> schema
> >>>> definition :-)
> >>>> It always depends on the size of the data, and some RDBMS's can be a
> bit
> >>>> fussy about the data definition and the supported size.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jan Schenkel.
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> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: Pete <pete at mollysrevenge.com>
> >>>> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
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> >>>> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 11:30 PM
> >>>> Subject: Re: Confused about storing arrays in a custom property
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Jan,
> >>>> The base64Encode worked great, thanks for the tip!  I didn't need to
> >> store
> >>>> it as a CLOB type actually, just as regular text.
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