StringIO MySQL data blob Image problem

[dimitri pater]

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From: dimitri pater <dimitri.pater at gmail.com>
Date: Sep 5, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: StringIO MySQL data blob Image problem
To: Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk>


> Well, I'm mystified. Not by your results: that exactly what I
> expected to get, but because you're doing everything *except*
> manipulating an image and putting it into a PDF via ReportLab.
>
Dear Tim,
you are right of course, I have been trying to put the StringIO in a temp file:
cfoto=StringIO
cfoto.write(result[0][1].tostring())
dfoto=cfoto.getvalue()
fileFoto=open('temp.jpg','wb')
fileFoto.write(dfoto)

and indeed, the blob from MySQL is saved as an image!
however,
foto= Image('temp.jpg')
and inserting foto into a table results in:
x = struct.unpack('B', image.read(1))
error: unpack str size does not match format
oh, well... still needs some work
BTW: I used 'local' images before (I mean they did not originate from
a DB), that worked well in Reportlab's tables.
Thanks, I am getting there (I think)


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