The current PostgreSQL documentation is does not discuss the bytea type at all. Does anyone have indepth examples of using this type in SQL? I know expressing BLOb data in SQL is awkward and would generate huge text files, but is there a standard method of using escape sequences to express blobs or something similar to MIME? There surely must be something like that. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]