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Re: [SLUG] MySQL Document Storing

To: Daron Barndon <Daron.Barndon@nospam.cwo.net.au>
Subject: Re: [SLUG] MySQL Document Storing
From: Rev Simon Rumble <simon@nospam.rumble.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 14:33:30 +1000 (EST)
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Daron Barndon wrote:

> 	Using MySQL, (or similar SQL) is it possible to load a file (binary
> or text) into a BLOB field? If so, is there any documentation or examples
> available for this? I am in the process of building a web based document
> storage server using perl. Most of the documents will be MS Word etc... :-(

You might want to look at the various MS Word converters.  mswordview is
quite effective at turning Word docs into HTML.  That way you could
provide a preview before users download the actual doc perhaps?

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References:
- [SLUG] MySQL Document Storing
  - From: Daron Barndon <Daron.Barndon@nospam.cwo.net.au>

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