Help inserting compressed data into a mysql database

Hi, I am trying to insert compressed data into a database. Inserting it in seems to work file: $data = addslashes(gzdeflate($data, 9)); <insert into database> For the most part it works on reteiving the data but sometimes the data is unreadable. <extract from database> $data = @gzinflate($data); What is the best way to be able to store any charater in the database so that I can guarantee the data is going to be good? Thanks! :)) -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup