Forum ‹ BigDB ‹ How to save binary data in BigDB

[robertflesch]

I am trying to store and retrieve some binary data from a table in the BigDB. I am not clear as how to do this.
Right now to create the object I make this call (generalized)

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var ba:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
SaveDataToByteArray( ba );
ba.compress();
client.BigDB.createObject( "myObjects", fileName, ba, createdHandler, errorHandler );


It successfully is created
To retrieve the data

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...
client.BigDB.loadObject( "myObjects", fileName, successHandler, errorHandler );
...
private function successHandler(o:DatabaseObject):void {
var objectId:String = o.key;
var ba:ByteArray = ???? // I don't see the data as part of the returned object


Do I need to add a tag to the byteArray?
Any hints would be great appreciated.
I have read thru all of the examples,
but I can't find anything that accesss binary data.
Thanks
Bob

[robertflesch]

Indeed I did need a tag on the data

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var ba:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
SaveDataToByteArray( ba );
ba.compress();
client.BigDB.createObject( "myObjects", fileName, { data:ba }, createdHandler, errorHandler );


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var fileName:String = o.key;
var ba:ByteArray = o.data as ByteArray;
ba.uncompress();


Gives me access to the data!