Notes rich text fields are stored in a proprietary binary format. For example, Notes rich text data written to Oracle fields will result in the Oracle fields containing data in that proprietary format. Non-Notes applications will be unable to process this data. Notes rich text data is not the same as Rich Text Format data used for word processing documents.

In order to use BLOBs or RAWs, they must first originate in Notes, be inserted into the Oracle table, and then be read back into Notes. Otherwise, the BLOB or RAW data will not be in a format that Notes can recognize. This is also true for LEI and DECS when a Notes database is one of the connected databases.

For all non-Notes Connectors, if you move data into a Notes rich text field and then read it as type binary, that binary data will then be in Notes rich text format.

Using a Notes Database as the Source

Binary data transferred from a Notes source will act as shown in the following tables.

Binary Data	Notes Destination
as binary	will be stored in Notes Rich Text format
as text	will be stored as Text

Binary Data	Non-Notes Destination
as binary	will be stored in Notes Rich Text format
as text	will be stored as Text

Non-binary Data	Notes Destination
as binary	will be stored in Notes Rich Text format

Non-binary Data	Non-Notes Destination
as binary	will be stored in Notes Rich Text format

Using a Non-Notes Database as the Source

Binary data transferred from a non-Notes source will act as shown in the following tables.

Binary Data	Notes Destination
as binary	will be stored as Notes Rich Text format (but source may or may not be Notes Rich Text)
as text	will be stored as Text

Binary Data	Non-Notes Destination
as binary	will be stored as binary (in its original format)

Non-binary Data	Notes Destination
as binary	will be stored in Notes Rich Text format

Non-binary Data	Non-Notes Destination
as binary	will be stored as binary (in its original format)

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