hrm, let the user click a "save" button and then:
if ( $save ) { ## generate a file from the blob contents and save with a temp name ## then, go to the location of the file so it will start the download: http://yourdomain.com/thefilename.doc ## the user can then name the file as they want or keep the temp name ## and save it to their local drive. } "Sandeep Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > hi, > > I have a document (BLOB type) in a database which I hv retrieved thru an sql > query... > > I need to allow the user to save this document to his local hard drive upon > clicking a button... > > any ideas as to how I can achieve this??? > > TIA, > > sands -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php