blob and vector

questions!questions!(silly questions! ;) 1. i stored a vector in the dbase as blob, how do i retrieve it as a vector? 2. i'm making a substring search, i.e. ...LIKE '[%, U, D, D, %]'. am i doing it right? 3.i need to find the exact location of the matching substring in the vector, i.e. [S, U, U,

blob and vector

questions!questions!(silly questions! ;) 1. i stored a vector in the dbase as blob, how do i retrieve it as a vector? 2. i'm making a substring search, i.e. ...LIKE '[%, U, D, D, %]'. am i doing it right? 3.i need to find the exact location of the matching substring in the vector, i.e. [S, U, U,