Encodes data using the MIME base64 format and returns it as a 7-bit ASCII string.

Syntax

BASE64_ENCODE( string-expression )

Parameters

Returns

LONG VARCHAR

See also

• BASE64_DECODE function [String]
• String functions

Standards and compatibility

Example

The following retrieves data from a table containing images and returns it in ASCII format. The resulting string can be embedded into an email message, and then decoded by the recipient to retrieve the original image.

SELECT BASE64_ENCODE( image_data ) FROM IMAGES;