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I have a program that was created using Gupta Team Builder. We are using SQL Server 2000. They are storing some text fields in as Binary data. The printed Data Dictionary says that this filed called BITS is of LONGVAR type DESCRIPTION Binary Data. I can look at the properties of the table in...

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I am saying what the printout says from the book that we purchased. However, it is binary. I see a stored procedure on the sql server that puts the text as binary in the table. When I bring the field into a query, It says long binary in that field. When I try to use it in crystal reports...

I would love for the REAL DBA to tell me something. even though we pay a support fee that is steep!, they don't always answer our questions. They give us the ability to do reports outside the system, but in this case I need to use the field that is stored as binary. We did buy the data...

It may be Unicode

How can I tell?

I have access linked to an Sql Server Database. One table that I have linked has a long binary field called Bits and a field called bits_length. I want to be able to view and use this Bits field. Text is stored in the field. When I use the field in a query it shows long binary in the field...