store binary files in mysql

Dragos Chirila d.chirila at finsiel.ro
Tue Oct 12 05:55:45 EDT 2004


Hi

Use escape_string method from MySQLdb module.

Dragos


Ivan Horvath wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> i would like to store binary file contents to a mysql database in a 
> mediumblob fields.
> i've got problem when there is a simple quote, double quot, backslash or 
> NUL character in the file content, because these characters are 
> acceptable by mysql only when there is an escape char. before it.
> do you know any solution, how can i replace these characters in order to 
> import it to a mysql table?
> 


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