{
PersistenceManager persist = new PersistenceManager(driver, database, login, password);
BlobClobObject bco = new BlobClobObject();
bco.setBytes(new byte[] { 3, 54, 1, 9 });
bco.setChars(new char[] { 'a', 'b', 'c' });
persist.saveObject(bco);
// re-open the persistence object
persist.close();
persist = new PersistenceManager(driver, database, login, password);
// make sure countworks for CLOB/BLOB objects