You might try this before creating the view

	CURSORSETPROP("MapBinary",.t.,0)

>>Are you saying that when you create the VFP remote view and select BLOB as the data type, the view instead creates a general field type when you run the query?
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>I can use FlameRobin to view the structure of the original database. It is a blob. What I know is that it does contain binary data collected from a measurement system: all 8-bit A/D values.
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>I create an ODBC data source using a Firebird driver.
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>In VFP, CREATE SQL VIEW, etc. The Select statement in that view just selects that field.
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>I know know in the resulting view, that field is identified in VFP as General.
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>Jim
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>>>>Where do you get the error? In the substr() loop?
>>>>
>>>>Also, have you tried assigning the blob to a variable and referencing the var in the substr()?
>>>>
>>>>Gary
>>>
>>>Gary,
>>>
>>>If I try assigning BlobData to a local variable, I get an error saying that the operation is not valid for a General field.
>>>
>>>So BlobData is a general field, not a blob.
>>>
>>>I assume that the blob data is in that general field. How do I get it out into a byte array?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>How to copy the contents of a blob field in a table into an array of bytes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>VFP doesn't have byte data type. Please clarify.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>It does *sortof*. I've defined arrays as byte (DIME aTest[100] as BYTE, aTest = 'X') to pass to COM servers and they are recognized as VT_UI1. TYPE() in VFP returns 'N'. I guess it depends on what the array is to be used for.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Sergey & Gary,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks for responding to my posting.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Actually, my purpose has to do with COM. I'm developing a COM server. The client will pass a reference (pointer) to a byte array to the COM sever. The COM server will transfer the data from the blob field into the byte array.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>So, how, in my VFP COM server can I transfer the data from the blob into the byte array?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Looks like VFP Dimension statement knows about the Byte data type, by the CAST function does not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>Jim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Does something like the following work?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>DIME MyPassedArray[LEN(MyBlob)]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>FOR nInc = 1 TO LEN(MyBlob)
>>>>>>>> MyPassedArray[nInc]=SUBSTR(MyBlob,nInc,1)
>>>>>>>>ENDFOR
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Gary,
>>>>>>>I just got to try your suggestion. The blob field is part of a view. When I try the code you suggest:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FOR nIx = 1 TO nBlobSize
>>>>>>> nBlobData[nIx] = SUBSTR(BlobData, nIx, 1)
>>>>>>> ENDFOR
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Where, BlobData is the name of the blob field in the view. I get the following error message:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Function argument value, type, or count is invalid
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I get the sam error if I use vMyView.BlobData as the first argument.
>>>>>>>Again, thanks for your suggestions.
>>>>>>>Jim
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What is the type of the BlobData field?
>>>>>
>>>>>Naomi,
>>>>>It is a blob in the original database from which I create the view. BlobData is the name of the field in the VFP view. VARTYPE(BlobData) returns "G". Does that mean that it is no longer a blob?
>>>>>In any case, I am trying to get the binary data out of that blob field.
>>>>>In the view, I just changed the field to say CAST(myBlobField AS BLOB) AS BlobData.But, VARTYPE(BlobData) still returns "G:
>>>>>
>>>>>The original database is Firebird.I use a VFP parametrized view to get a specific record in the table, and now want to get the blob field in that record.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hmmm
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim