Class Sequel::SQL::Blob
In: lib/sequel/sql.rb
Parent: ::String

Blob is used to represent binary data in the Ruby environment that is stored as a blob type in the database. Sequel represents binary data as a Blob object because most database engines require binary data to be escaped differently than regular strings.

Methods

inspect   lit   to_sequel_blob  

Included Modules

SQL::AliasMethods SQL::CastMethods

Public Instance methods

inspect()

Return a string showing that this is a blob, the size, and the some or all of the content, depending on the size.

[Source]

      # File lib/sequel/sql.rb, line 1011
1011:       def inspect
1012:         size = length
1013: 
1014:         content = if size > 20
1015:           "start=#{self[0...10].to_s.inspect} end=#{self[-10..-1].to_s.inspect}"
1016:         else
1017:           "content=#{super}"
1018:         end
1019: 
1020:         "#<#{self.class}:0x#{"%x" % object_id} bytes=#{size} #{content}>"
1021:       end
lit(*args)

Return a LiteralString with the same content if no args are given, otherwise return a SQL::PlaceholderLiteralString with the current string and the given args.

[Source]

      # File lib/sequel/sql.rb, line 1005
1005:       def lit(*args)
1006:         args.empty? ? LiteralString.new(self) : SQL::PlaceholderLiteralString.new(self, args)
1007:       end
to_sequel_blob()

Returns self, since it is already a blob.

[Source]

      # File lib/sequel/sql.rb, line 1024
1024:       def to_sequel_blob
1025:         self
1026:       end

[Validate]