[swiftcoder]

What do you mean, VARCHAR(8) is a perfectly valid way of storing counters...

[ineedasername]

much better to future proof it by using a BLOB. You know, just in case you ever need to shove something else in there.

[AdamJacobMuller]

if you're going to use a BLOB how can you know the type and how to decode it? Make sure to serialize that data with something like protobuf.

[oneplane]

Nah, describe it using some custom binary format and have a 1000 page spec to document it!

[justinclift]

Yay, seralised bluetooth! ;)