Interbase/PHP Blob types

I've seen some conversation on this list about blob types but never really an answer. I'm having the problem where I'm trying to insert text into a blob but I'm getting the error message: Warning: Interbase: conversion error from string "BLOB" in filename on line 13 Here's more info about the table and sql I'm using <-------------------------------------------> create table memo ( id char(2) not null primary key, memo blob sub_type 1); insert into memo (id, memo) values ('2', 'Sample Text'); <-------------------------------------------> I've been told to use: insert into memo (id, memo) values (:id, :memo) and convert the variable to :memo but that doesn't work either - instead I get a parse error on line whatever. If more info is needed, please let me know. Thanks! Ed Meyer Smarts Broadcast Systems