best way to use bitvarying?

Hi all,

We would like to store *small* images into bitvarying fields.  These will
then be read in via jdbc and eventually rendered in a browser.  What is the
best way to pull them into Java?  Is there a type and methods that are best
suited for this data type?  Currently, we are using text and treating it as
a string of 0's and 1's.  Any suggestions for a better way?

Thanks for your help,

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