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Please tell me how to save and show Richtextbox's data in database and retrive it in saved format and which datatype should be used to save that data. i am using vb.net and MY SQL

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You can use the BLOB datatype.

how to save and retrive... ? should i use richtextbox1.rtf ?
Rajesh Rolen- DotNet Developer
here there is an example on how to insert an image, just adapt to save the rtf: http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?38,6172,15703
+2  A: 

if your data contains image/icons or some special symbols then its better to go for BLOB otherwise you can go with varchar datatype.

Ashok Bishnoi