> i just didn't (and still don't) know if there's any performance impact
> as far as converting the data back into an image. can you elaborate > on whether or not there is? >From Dave's original requirement, he's talking about a loop of a hundred or so images. So I'm sure there will be a noticeable performance hit doing the tobinary() conversion back to an image file, then displaying. Once that it done, he's back to his orig problem. Even if the calling page says display.cfm?image=123, right clicking on the image will still reveal its path. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:247328 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4