Well existing stuff in the database is frozen. I guess I could thaw, then nstore, then send. But if I were going to thaw the blob, I guess I would just send the thawed structure via SOAP, re-freeze it on the remote system, and store it. I'm hoping there is some way to transfer it directly without all that transformation. | [reply] |
Sounds like you have, er, "legacy data" in your database. Happens all the time, e.g. when applications that assumed an 8-bit encoding for text suddenly need to become Unicode aware. Typically you need to migrate that data, and often but not always that means some downtime.
The most important thing in these cases is to know which records are in which state: ideally they should all be in the same state, then you update it in an atomic process. Usually this is a pain , but if you can't easily tell which data is in what state, it's a much greater pain :/
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