Re: [SM-USERS] export user prefs from MySQL to plain text files

[Robert B. <ro...@ba...>]

Am So, 28.05.2006, 01:39, schrieb Robert Barten:
> I have to transfer the user preferences to another mailserver without
> MySQL support. No access to a database server. I have to convert the BL=
OBs
> into plain text files =E1 la email.prev - how?
>
> I know about the scripting, I only want to know how to make those binar=
y
> BLOBs readable by a human (me or rather the shell).
>
> It might be a MySQL question but I already wanted to ask why the SM
> developers chose to use BLOB instead of TEXT? It makes administrative
> tasks as setting (and reading) full_name and email_address quite
> difficult. Or did I miss a clue?
>
> As you might already know I neither have experince with PHP nor with
> binary data in databases and appreciate every hint to export my SM user
> prefs to plain text files.

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Robert Barten
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