BASE64 ENCODE

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BASE64 ENCODE


BASE64 ENCODE ( blob {; encodedText} )

Parameter	Type	Description
blob	BLOB	BLOB to encode in Base64 format
		BLOB encoded in Base64 format
encodedText	Text	Result of BLOB encoded in Base64 format

Description

The BASE64 ENCODE command encodes the BLOB passed in the blob parameter in Base64 format.

If you pass the encodedText parameter, it receives the encoded contents of the blob as text at the end of command execution. In this case, the blob parameter itself is not modified by the command.
If you omit the encodedText parameter, the command directly modifies the BLOB passed as a parameter.

Base64 encoding modifies 8-bit coded data so that they do not keep more than 7 useful bits. This encoding is required, for example, for handling BLOBs using XML.