[Typo3-dev] DBAL

[Martin T. Kutschker]

Karsten Dambekalns wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>>Martin T. Kutschker wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is there any reason besides the point that the data is "hidden" for
>>>>those who use phpMyAdmin? If it's a problem convert all those config
>>>>fields that are blobs into text fields.
> 
> No. This has nothing to do with it. Besides, phpMyAdmin can be
> configured to show BLOB field contents.

Thanx, I'll check out phpMyAdmin configuration.

> Serialized PHP arrays are suited to be handled as strings inside PHP,
> but they are still binary - they may contain binary 0 and other nifty
> things. It all depends what has been serialized.

Ok.

So it's basically a must for serialized data and a habit/just-for-sure 
thingy for "realtional fields", ie. the one with comma separated lists 
of uids, etc?

Masi