Does anyone know if PostgreSQL is capable of storing binary data? I'm using DBI/DBD::ODBC and I need to save JPEG/GIF/PNG images in a table.
Here is what I tried: 
use DBI;
my ($dbh, $data) = (undef, '');
$data .= chr(int rand 256) for 1..400;
eval{
 $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:ODBC:testdb', '', '')
   or die $DBI::errstr;
 my $sth = $dbh->prepare('insert into btest(id, data) values (?,?);') 
+or die $dbh->errstr();
 $sth->execute(1, $data) or die $dbh->errstr();
 $dbh->disconnect();
};
print "Error : $@" if length $@;

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Table BTEST is defined as follows 
testdb=# \d btest
         Table "btest"
 Attribute |  Type   | Modifier
-----------+---------+----------
 id        | integer | not null
 data      | text    |
Index: btest_id_key

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When I run the above code I get the following error: 
DBD::ODBC::st execute failed: Error while executing the query;
ERROR:  Unterminated quoted string (SQL-S1000)
ERROR:  Unterminated quoted string (SQL-S1000)(DBD: st_execute/SQLExec
+ute err=-1
) at C:\Perl\dev\rdm\btest.pl line 12.

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I tried doing two things

1) $data =~ s/'/''/g;
2) $data =~ s/(\W)/\\$1/g;

Neither one works.

Any input is appreciated.
Thanks.

In reply to PostgreSQL and binary data by Anonymous Monk

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