GNU bug report logs - #54591
29.0.50; sqlite-select returns blob result as multibyte string

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Reported by: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 05:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 54591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 54591 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, fjas <at> grdm.no
Subject: Re: bug#54591: 29.0.50; sqlite-select returns blob result as
 multibyte string
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2022 15:59:28 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> We could store unibyte strings as BLOBs, couldn't we?

As I've said, we don't know whether a column is a TEXT or a BLOB column.
And "store as BLOB" has no particular meaning -- internally in sqlite,
there is no particular difference: Both are just a series of bytes, and
you can put any bytes you want into the columns.

> We could refrain from decoding BLOBs, couldn't we?

Yes, I think I said so?

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