representing BLOBs in C++
blob, c++, stl
Solution
The `BLOB` type of databases allows storage of binary data, so you need an ordered collection of bytes. The easiest choice would be a `vector<>` and you could chose `unsigned char` to represent a byte on most platforms
Problem
Are there any STL containers that seem to be well-suited for using as BLOBs for database software? I would think a `vector<char>`, but is there something better? Maybe a `std::string`? Or some non-STL container?