Re: [Mysql-cocoa-users] TEXT fields as NSData?

[Serge C. <ser...@us...>]

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Hi there,

Indeed for the last two days, the new version (2.3.0) is handling=20
properly TEXT column in that it will return a NSString object and NOT a=20=

NSData anymore.
If the encoding used by the DB is compatible with one of the encoding=20
supported by Cocoa, the retieve column should be correctly transformed=20=

into strings.

The other 'imporvement' or 'bug fix' of the 2.3 version (available=20
since the 4th or the 5th) is a better support of unsigned integer=20
types. The current version should support all signed and unsigned=20
integer types up to (and including) BIGINT (64b integers).

Serge.

Le 6 ao=FBt 04, =E0 19:26, John Guy a =E9crit :

> BLOB is easy:
>
> Since the contents of a BLOB are unknown and up to the implementor=20
> (BINARY Large Object), it can only really be returned as raw data (ie.=20=

> NSData)
>
> TEXT is trickier:
>
> I think there was some issue earlier on in the dev of the Framework=20
> where it was tricky to treat a TEXT object at all (in fact I am not=20
> sure it is supported in the version of the framework I am using at=20
> all)
>
> Potentially to do with string encoding? ie. what character set do you=20=

> use to convert the TEXT object to when you put it into an NSString.
>
> I think someone else may be able to shed some light on this issue as I=20=

> haven't been using TEXT types in my applications
>
> JOhn
>
>
>
> On 6 Aug 2004, at 17:25, Aaron Jacobs wrote:
>
>> Can someone explain to me why TEXT and BLOB fields in the database=20
>> are turned into NSData objects by SMySQL?  Why not NSString?
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>>
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