"Arlyn" <Arlyn@ideapoint.ca> wrote in message
news:1189j851kjjnm5e@corp.supernews.com...
>I am using an image datatype to store multiple filetypes includeing plain
>text data. it works except for pdf Data. When I retrieve the the file
>couldn't be opened in acrobat reader and the file was 3KB bigger than the
>original.
> Any suggestions would be helpful.
>

> You don't say how you are importing/exporting these, but you may want to
> look at the textcopy sample.

> "Arlyn" <Arlyn@ideapoint.ca> wrote in message
> news:1189j851kjjnm5e@corp.supernews.com...
>>I am using an image datatype to store multiple filetypes includeing plain
>>text data. it works except for pdf Data. When I retrieve the the file
>>couldn't be opened in acrobat reader and the file was 3KB bigger than the
>>original.
>> Any suggestions would be helpful.

"John Bell" <jbellnewsposts@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4285a679$0$2590$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...
> Hi
>
> You don't say how you are importing/exporting these, but you may want to
> look at the textcopy sample.
> If you don't need to hold them in the database it would be easier to just
> store the file location information.
>
> John
> "Arlyn" <Arlyn@ideapoint.ca> wrote in message
> news:1189j851kjjnm5e@corp.supernews.com...
>>I am using an image datatype to store multiple filetypes includeing plain
>>text data. it works except for pdf Data. When I retrieve the the file
>>couldn't be opened in acrobat reader and the file was 3KB bigger than the
>>original.
>> Any suggestions would be helpful.
>>
>
>