function _BlobDecode_old( $blob )
	{
		$blobid = ibase_blob_open($this->_connectionID, $blob );
		$realblob = ibase_blob_get( $blobid,$this->maxblobsize); // 2nd param is max size of blob -- Kevin Boillet <kevinboillet@yahoo.fr>
		while($string = ibase_blob_get($blobid, 8192)){
			$realblob .= $string;
		}
		ibase_blob_close( $blobid );

		return( $realblob );
	}