Hi Douglas,
Yes, I would be very grateful for the article and the sample database.
Warm regards,
Michael
On 02/02/2008, at 1:16 AM, Douglas Davis wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I wrote an article a number of years ago about using a blob for
> text import
> because it is faster than parsing from a file. The sample database
> I wrote
> is around somewhere and includes tools for parsing a blob.
>
> In it's simplest form, a blob is one gigantic super-stretch garbage
> bag full
> of whatever you want to put in it. You access it by converting it
> to a
> certain data type, or extracting it a piece at a time. If you
> would like a
> copy of that article and the sample database, just let me know.
>
> Good Luck learning and YES, blobs are great and really do speed
> things up,
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