[Zope] Updating BLOB fields in Interbase database

[bobb]

I posted some stuff I was doing some time ago w/ mysql / blobs and zope some
time ago so that my grandchildren could google for it :)...

if you goggle for zope mysql blob bobb
you'll get it.  It's not interbase.
hth

bobb

Also, your post came through as a newsgroup posting, which means I had to
cut / paste / finagle the whole thing to reply... It's the first time I've
ever seen that (I use m$ outlook express) How are you posting to here?
(curious, that's all)

"Ashley" <ashleylloyd at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dcd0n1$ida$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, if not, my apologies.
>
> I've got a Clients table in an interbase db with various fields, one of
> which is a BLOB field (subtype text), used to maintain some notes.
>
> When inserting a Client into the table, this field populates fine.
>
> However, when attempting to update the client, for some reason, it won't.
It
> just will not allow me to do an update with the notes field in the
> statement. I've googled around, and found lots of bits helping with
Delphi,
> and lots of statements that BLOB fields in Interbase are tricky to update,
> but nothing that helps.
>
> Has anyone out there found a way around this?
>
> I'm using currently using gvib as my database adaptor, as kinterbase does
> not seem to want to install at all (seemingly problems with ldap ..).
>
> My Zope instance is installed from a Plone installer.
>       Zope Version  (Zope 2.6.1 (binary release, python 2.1, win32-x86),
> python 2.1.3, win32)
>       Python Version  2.1.3 (#35, Apr 8 2002, 17:47:50) [MSC 32 bit
(Intel)]
>       System Platform  win32
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> Ashley
>
>
>
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