on 5/21/02 2:09 PM, Jim Philips at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tuesday 21 May 2002 10:54 am, Info_Best-IT wrote: >> Any suggestions on how to load images from a web site into a MySQL db? I >> would like to set up a page that allows you to select an image from the >> local machine and load it to my MySQL DB on my web server. >> >> I'm not sure if it would just be a regular insert statement or something >> else? > > Well, first you've got to get the file onto the local server. In PHP, you can > use fopen() together with other functions to get the file from the user's > machine onto the remote server. But I'm not sure you absolutely want to store > it in the database. > > Yeah, I've heard there are lot's of disadvatages. But it would be cool if it actually was a good thing.
So there's no good way to optimize MySQL to handle images well? Is it a Mysql thing or is it a Relational Database issue? /T --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
