[TYPO3-core] RFC: #12613: Errors with cache data from DB

[Rupert Germann]

Martin Kutschker schrieb:
> Dmitry Dulepov schrieb:
>> I think this was made some time before but I do not remember why. There was a reason to convert blobs to texts.
> 
> The reason must be very good. I didn't test the test setup with the current trunk, but to work
> properly the field "HTML" must be a BLOB in 4.2.x. 

have a look at this discussion:
http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-dev/2006-June/018930.html

> The dull thing is that we promise no change in DB
> layout. Does this policy apply even if a bug can be fixed?

no. We also fix bugs in the DB definition of older branches. e.g.: 
http://forge.typo3.org/repositories/revision/typo3v4-core/5778


and: +1 by reading for the patch

greets
rupert