Re: MySQL or MaxDB or PostgreSQL or Interbase/Firebird or ?

[Matthew Stanfield]

Chris Nolan wrote:
> Regarding mysqldump, it handles binary data through escaping the 
> required characters. pg_dump is similar if memory serves me correctly.

Thanks Chris.

So dumping binary data / large objects using myslqdump is fine. I looked up 
if this is ok with pg_dump as well and it is but you must use a non-text 
output option Eg. a tar file.

Regards,

..matthew