Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/18/06 06:55

lawrence k wrote:
> I'm a little weak on my basic I/O. Help me out please.
>
> Is it right to say that I can just open any file with file(), get it as
> a string, and then store in a MySql database, in, say, a MediumText
> field? I realize that MySql supports binary fields, but my current
> MySql schema does not have any binary fields, and I'm wondering if I
> can store the file without changing my current schema.
>
> Can I recreate the file later, if I wish, just be grabbing the string
> out of the database and writing it to disk? (on a Linux system)
>

Yes.

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