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From: "Duncan Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "MySQL News Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Store picture
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Moonesh Suggun wrote:
>
> > hi To All,
> >
> > Has anyone try to insert images e.h. gif into mysql database.. I
> > have tried using blob type but how would I verify that it is OK.
>
> It can be done, however general wisdom is that one should use the
> filesystem to store images, simply because its designed to store files.
> At one point I did have a link on how to store images in a database, but
> after testing, found that is was indeed, more efficient to store the
> images in the filesystem, and store path pointers to the images in the
> database.
>
> --
>
> Sapere aude
> My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely.
>
>
Greeting To All,
Thanks for the advice but how to we store the images.. what should be
included in the insert sql command.. I have tried using escape character but
only the name is stored not the data...
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Moonesh
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