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$host='...';
$port='...';
$user = "...";
$pass = "...";
$dsn="dbi:Sybase;server=dbhDB;database=...;";
$dbh= DBI->connect("$dsn",$user,$pass) or die "can't connect";


$fileTableName="fileTable";
$cmd="SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_TYPE='BASE T
+ABLE' AND TABLE_NAME='$fileTableName\'";
$fetchcmd= $dbh->prepare($cmd);
$fetchcmd->execute();
if(@row= $fetchcmd->fetchrow_array){
        print "the file table is there!!!\n";
}else {
        $createCmd=$dbh->prepare("create table $fileTableName (fileCol
+umn VARBINARY(MAX) not null)");
        $createCmd->execute() or die "can't  create table";
        $createCmd->finish();
}
$fetchcmd->finish();

$insertcmd= $dbh-> prepare("insert into $fileTableName (fileColumn) va
+lues (CONVERT(varbinary(max),?))");
open FILE,"<","./a.b" or die "file";
binmode(FILE);
$filelength = -s FILE;
read(FILE,$fcontents,$filelength);

print"did";
$insertcmd->bind_param(1,$fcontents,DBI::SQL_VARBINARY);
$insertcmd->execute() or print" not ";
$insertcmd->finish();
$sz=length($insert);
print " succeed. size: $sz\n";
close(FILE);

$dbh->disconnect;
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results

>perl sybasefiletrial.pl
the file table is there!!!
DBD::Sybase::st execute failed: OpenClient message: LAYER = (0) ORIGIN
+ = (0) SEVERITY = (9) NUMBER = (98)
Server dbhDB, database
Message String: Error converting characters into server's character se
+t. Some character(s) could not be converted
did succeed. size: 0
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