2015-10-29 12:44 GMT-03:00 Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu>: > > > > On 29 Oct 2015, at 16:35, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > As some already know I'm working in the new GLORP port from VW to Pharo. > > > > And as part of minor modifications I'm making to the code, I'd like to know > > what is your preferred way of storing ByteArrays as text > > representation/CLOB, etc... > > > > Option A) The printString of ByteArray, it is #[23 12 253 ...] > > Option B) A Base64 encoded version of the ByteArray > > Option C) Some other encoding > > Does that not dependent, at least in part, on the actual underlying SQL DB ?
Yes it does, but certain backends (like SQLite) doesn't provide BLOB storage, and that's why I'm talking about CLOB (character instead of byte based) or text representations for it. I'd like to have a lowest common denominator to use as a fallback. > I think HEX and Base64 are make the most sense. Is Base64 more compact than Hex? (I guess it is, given it's 64vs16 :D) Regards! Esteban A. Maringolo
