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<DIV><SPAN class=988501323-24082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Doh, I
am getting slow in my old age..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=988501323-24082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=988501323-24082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Try
the DATALENGTH( ) function in the database. It works in SQL server and should
work in most modern databases.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=988501323-24082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=988501323-24082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Stephen</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul
McKenzie<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 20 August 2004 3:07 p.m.<BR><B>To:</B> NZ
Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] size of a
blob<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To use a TBlobField You would have to get the
dataset populated first - then you can look at the size...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To do this in SQL ... I do not know how to get
the size (FireFox or Interbase) unless you create a UDF.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards<BR>Paul McKenzie<BR>SMSS Ltd.<BR>Wellington<BR>New Zealand</DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=johnc@s4-technology.com
href="mailto:johnc@s4-technology.com">JC</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=delphi@ns3.123.co.nz
href="mailto:delphi@ns3.123.co.nz">'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 20, 2004 2:51
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DUG] size of a blob</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=390064902-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>How should I use that? The following does NOT work! (illegal
command) - btw I'm using FireFox</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=390064902-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=390064902-20082004>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>select
name<BR>from CONFIG_ITEMS<BR>where <SPAN class=390064902-20082004><FONT
color=#ff0000>image.size</FONT></SPAN>
>0</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=390064902-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=390064902-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=390064902-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz">delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz</A>
[mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul
McKenzie<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 20 August 2004 2:25 p.m.<BR><B>To:</B> NZ
Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] size
of a blob<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just noticed a TBlobField has a size
property...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards<BR>Paul McKenzie<BR>SMSS Ltd.<BR>Wellington<BR>New
Zealand</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=johnc@s4-technology.com
href="mailto:johnc@s4-technology.com">JC</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=delphi@ns3.123.co.nz
href="mailto:delphi@ns3.123.co.nz">'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 20, 2004 2:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DUG] size of a
blob</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468340302-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>No, 'where image is null' doesn't seem to detect an empty
blob!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468340302-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468340302-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Any other ideas?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468340302-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=468340302-20082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz">delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz</A>
[mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Paul
McKenzie<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 20 August 2004 1:08
p.m.<BR><B>To:</B> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] size of a blob<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can you test for Null...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards<BR>Paul McKenzie<BR>SMSS Ltd.<BR>Wellington<BR>New
Zealand</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=johnc@s4-technology.com
href="mailto:johnc@s4-technology.com">JC</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=delphi@ns3.123.co.nz
href="mailto:delphi@ns3.123.co.nz">DUG</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 20, 2004
12:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [DUG] size of a
blob</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
all,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there
any way of getting a query result where the size of a blob field
('image' in this case) is larger then 0?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thus
something like:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial size=2>select
name<BR>from CONFIG_ITEMS<BR>where size(image)
>0</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>TIA,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=076143200-20082004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>John</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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