FreeTDS Development Group

[ZIGLIO Frediano <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafoneomnitel.it>]

> 
> I have been playing with image type and varbinary for quite a 
> while, and I
> had to do workaround solution at the MS-SQL level.
> 
> I use freetds + php 
> 
> I found out also that there is a recurring bug in PHP between 
> buffer size
> and number of characters for all n* types. PHP works in 
> unicode and think

Unicode? Are you sure? I see code but seem it use standard characters...
perhaps utf8 coding?

> that the size is the number of characters and not the buffer 
> size in bytes.
> The result is that PHP reads too much and outputs fancy stuff...
> 

I posted a patch (see my post on ML). Do this patch help you?

> As for the image types and so on, there are conversion 
> happening which are
> very strange...I think sometime the some characters below <32 gets
> interpreted or discarded...
> 
> But I had some success:
> http://www.sopac.org/Data/Aerial/Snaps.html?setid=227&pp=1
> 

?? Strange page? What should I see?

> If you want me to help somehow, let me know...
> 

If you could describe all problem you have and how you solve them.

> This feature is very important for me, so I'm ready to help, but need
> guidance...
> 
> if you search the archive you will find a couple of posts 
> from me about this
> subject...
> 

I searched in archive but I founded only 2 mail (this I reply and
another)...

> Cheers.
> Franck AT sopac.org
> 
freddy77

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