Store a file inside a ClientDataSet? 1

[Phennim]

Is it possible to store files inside a TClientDataSet?
They are variable in size up to 200 kilobyte orso (highly doubtfull they will get bigger than that, but there shouldn't be a limit).

Anyways.. I tried multiple variations to the one below, using different datatypes, but I'm unable to get it done.

with MyClientDataSet do
begin
insert;
FieldByName('ID').AsString := id;
FieldByName('FileName').AsString := 'filename.ext';
FieldByName('File')....... := file;
post;
end;

Thanks for your help.

 

[whosrdaddy]

I'm afraid you will have to use Blobstreams to implement this

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[Phennim]

Thanks alot,
Now I feel silly
Never heard of BLOB before, so I didn't check out how it worked when I saw it as a datatype.

Why are you "afraid"? From what I can tell it works like a charm. Are there drawbacks I'm not seeing?