Site setup fixes

application/classes/ormosb.php

@@ -104,8 +104,25 @@ abstract class ORMOSB extends ORM {
 		$model->$field = serialize($value);
 	}
 
+	public function save(Validation $validation = NULL) {
+		// Find any fields that have changed, and that are blobs, and encode them.
+		if ($this->_changed)
+			foreach ($this->_changed as $c)
+				if ($this->_table_columns[$c]['data_type'] == 'blob')
+					$this->$c = $this->blob($this->$c,TRUE);
+
+		return parent::save($validation);
+	}
+
 	public function changed() {
 		return $this->_changed;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve and Store DB BLOB data.
+	 */
+	protected function blob($data,$set=FALSE) {
+		return $set ? gzcompress(serialize($data)) : unserialize(gzuncompress($data));
+	}
 }
 ?>