Loading images to MySQL using Read/Write

[Stephen Barncard]

Jim,

Why do you want to store images in MySQL? I know it can be done but 
Blobs can be tricky and I imagine that big binaries slow down the SQL 
server quite a bit.

Have you considered storing *references* to the images in the 
database instead? Instead of a blob, you could be storing the text 
string like

"http://yourserver.com/images/234204.jpg"

You could store the images on a web or other server. It is far easier 
managing images in their native storage format. I doubt it would be 
faster to store images in a database, and require a loading step for 
each image.

You'll note that the php program Gallery uses this method. Gallery 
never stores image data in MySQL.


sqb


>
>If read/write is not the way to go, any other ideas on how to store 
>Jpegs to a MySQL field?
>
>Thanks for your help,
>Jim...

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stephen barncard
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