Serializing or Encoding Table for Storage Within a MySQL BLOB

[nulls]

Does anyone know if there is a native function to serialize or encode table data so that I can store it in a BLOB?

[MeepDarknessM]

don't

[nulls]

[QUOTE=MeepDarknessM;50692613]don't[/QUOTE]

what would you suggest?

[MeepDarknessM]

[QUOTE=nulls;50692692]what would you suggest?[/QUOTE]

depends - what are you trying to store in the database?

[zerf]

It's *always* a better option to create a relational structure for your data - when you are manipulating it in the future and when your database grows in size you will thank yourself.