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// lib/model/om/BaseActivityInfo.php
	public function getActivityExplosiveType()
	{
//		return $this->activity_explosive_type;
		$content = "";
		if(is_resource($this->activity_explosive_type))
		{
			while(!feof($this->activity_explosive_type))
			{
				$content .= fread($this->activity_explosive_type, 4096);
			}
			rewind($this->activity_explosive_type);
			return $content;
		}
		else
			return $this->activity_explosive_type;
	}
 
	public function setActivityExplosiveType($v)
	{
// this is the new code (copied & modified from setActivityExtra1) to set BLOB type
 
		// Because BLOB columns are streams in PDO we have to assume that they are
		// always modified when a new value is passed in.  For example, the contents
		// of the stream itself may have changed externally.
		if (!is_resource($v)) {
			$this->activity_explosive_type = fopen('php://memory', 'r+');
			fwrite($this->activity_explosive_type, $v);
			rewind($this->activity_explosive_type);
		} else { // it's already a stream
			$this->activity_explosive_type = $v;
		}
		$this->modifiedColumns[] = ActivityInfoPeer::ACTIVITY_EXPLOSIVE_TYPE;
 
		return $this;
/*
//	this is the original code for when the field was a simple varchar
		if ($v !== null) {
			$v = (string) $v;
		}
*/
	}
 
	public function hydrate($row, $startcol = 0, $rehydrate = false)
	{
		try {
//   ... other field's code ...
 
//		this is the original hydration code for the varchar type activity_explosive_type
//			$this->activity_explosive_type = ($row[$startcol + 36] !== null) ? (string) $row[$startcol + 36] : null;
//		this is the new hydration code for the blob type activity_explosive_type
			if ($row[$startcol + 36] !== null) {
				$this->activity_explosive_type = fopen('php://memory', 'r+');
				fwrite($this->activity_explosive_type, $row[$startcol + 36]);
				rewind($this->activity_explosive_type);
			} else {
				$this->activity_explosive_type = null;
			}
//  ... other field's code ...
			$this->resetModified();
 
			$this->setNew(false);
 
			if ($rehydrate) {
				$this->ensureConsistency();
			}
 
			// FIXME - using NUM_COLUMNS may be clearer.
			return $startcol + 92; // 92 = ActivityInfoPeer::NUM_COLUMNS - ActivityInfoPeer::NUM_LAZY_LOAD_COLUMNS).
 
		} catch (Exception $e) {
			throw new PropelException("Error populating ActivityInfo object", $e);
		}
	}
 
		if ($this->activity_explosive_type !== $v) {
			$this->activity_explosive_type = $v;
			$this->modifiedColumns[] = ActivityInfoPeer::ACTIVITY_EXPLOSIVE_TYPE;
		}
 
		return $this;
 
	} // setActivityExplosiveType()
 
// lib/model/map/ActivityInfoMapBuilder.php
 
	public function doBuild()
	{
		$this->dbMap = Propel::getDatabaseMap(ActivityInfoPeer::DATABASE_NAME);
 
		$tMap = $this->dbMap->addTable(ActivityInfoPeer::TABLE_NAME);
		$tMap->setPhpName('ActivityInfo');
		$tMap->setClassname('ActivityInfo');
 
		$tMap->setUseIdGenerator(true);
 
		$tMap->addPrimaryKey('ID', 'Id', 'INTEGER', true, null);
// ... other field's code ...
//	this is the original code for the varchar type activity_explosive_type field
//		$tMap->addColumn('ACTIVITY_EXPLOSIVE_TYPE', 'ActivityExplosiveType', 'VARCHAR', false, 32);
// 	this is the new code for the blob type activity_explosive_type field
		$tMap->addColumn('ACTIVITY_EXPLOSIVE_TYPE', 'ActivityExplosiveType', 'BLOB', false, null);
// ... other field's code ...
	} // doBuild()
 
} // ActivityInfoMapBuilder

// lib/form/base/BaseActivityInfoForm.class.php
...other code...
// original code
//      'activity_explosive_type'          => new sfValidatorString(array('max_length' => 32, 'required' => false)),
      'activity_explosive_type'          => new sfValidatorString(array('required' => false)),
// original code
//      'activity_explosive_make'          => new sfValidatorString(array('max_length' => 32, 'required' => false)),
      'activity_explosive_make'          => new sfValidatorString(array('required' => false)),
// original code
//      'activity_explosive_quantity'      => new sfValidatorNumber(array('required' => false)),
      'activity_explosive_quantity'      => new sfValidatorString(array('required' => false)),
...other code...