string2blob

Library: fbudf

Added in: 1.0 (Win), 1.5 (Linux)

Better alternative: Internal function CAST()

Description

Returns the input string as a BLOB.

Result type: BLOB

Syntax

string2blob (str)

Declaration

DECLARE EXTERNAL FUNCTION string2blob
  VARCHAR(300) BY DESCRIPTOR,
  BLOB RETURNS PARAMETER 2
  ENTRY_POINT 'string2blob' MODULE_NAME 'fbudf'