Search for value within BLOB column in MySQL

Question

How can I search inside Blob column in MySQL for some values ? and Is that possible ?

Solution

You should be able to search blobs like other text fields:

SELECT * 
FROM tablename 
WHERE blob_field_name LIKE '%value%'

One thing to notice is that search will be case-sensitive!

Anyway, if possible, it's better to use a TEXT field.

Comments

[Zamblek]

Thanks a lot, plus I have to use BLOB not TEXT

[zzapper]

Just to emphasize when you "Like" search a Blob the search is case sensitive so LIKE '%fred%' is different to LIKE '%Fred%' .

[JBS]

Why is it better to use TEXT? Is BLOB slower to interact with?