[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12302: add_metadata() Fails to Store Serialized Values as BINARY

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#12302: add_metadata() Fails to Store Serialized Values as BINARY
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 Reporter:  miqrogroove   |       Owner:  ryan
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new 
 Priority:  high          |   Milestone:  3.0 
Component:  Database      |     Version:      
 Severity:  critical      |    Keywords:      
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Comment(by miqrogroove):

 After giving this some thought, I've come to the conclusions:

 1. Post metas are not binary-safe.

 2. There is no way to make them binary-safe without converting all
 existing values to a proper binary column.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12302#comment:2>
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