Use LOAD DATA INFILE if you want to import it from the filesystem or use INSERT/UPDATE if you do it from an application (e.g. perl, php). Make sure that the column which stores them is defined as BLOB and not as TEXT. Look up the BLOB definition for size limitation and variations on BLOBs.
For getting them out of the DB use SELECT .. INTO DUMPFILE to get them onto the file system or normal SELECT for applications. HINT: normally it is MUCH better to store the image on the file system and only store the path to the image in the database. But this again depends on what you want to achieve. Cheers /rudy -----Original Message----- From: Dan Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: woensdag 9 juli 2003 16:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Is it possible to dump images into a database? Can anyone point me to a reference on how to insert images into a column in a mySQL database -- or is that not possible? Thanks in advance, Dan Anderson -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
