[TYPO3-core] BLOBs and Oracle ...again

[Michael Stucki]

Stupid me! Of course this is a bad idea, because someone could write an
extension and use blob for real blob data!

- michael

Michael Stucki wrote:

> Hi Martin,
> 
>> It may be possible to use a BLOB in WHERE with the proper SQL casting
>> etc, but it I really think we should simply change this column
>> definition. I see no reason in usung a BLOB here. *
>> 
>> I am for changing this column right now (4.0.x) and getting rid of all
>> other BLOBs in 4.1 that contain no real binary data. **
> 
> I'm not sure if there would/could be any side-effects. No clue, really.
> However, just as a suggestion to avoid any problems: How about changing
> this throught the SQL parser in the install class, only if dbal is active?
> 
> - michael

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