Re: Store pictures in DB (load_file() revisited)

2002-10-01 Thread gerald_clark
mysql probably does not have search permission on /home/alex. copy the file to /tmp and see what happens. Alex Safonov wrote: Greetings, just saw a message with an example of inserting a BLOB value using load_file(). Can't get load_file() to work: mysql select

RE: Store pictures in DB

2002-09-24 Thread Stefan Immel
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/BLOB.html -Original Message- From: Roland Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:35 PM To: Receipt Notification Requested Subject: Store pictures in DB Can I use MySQL to store pictures as part of a record? Should I

RE: Store pictures in DB

2002-09-24 Thread Salada, Duncan
You can store pictures in a BLOB field, but it is generally recommended that you simply store the filename of the picture. -Original Message- From: Roland Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 9:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Store pictures in DB Can

Re: Store pictures in DB

2002-09-24 Thread Chris Hedemark
+1 For medical imaging, at least in radiology (PACS), you usually see the terabytes of images being stored on a NAS somewhere, and the database itself is actually pretty small just pointing to filenames of where the pictures are located. This keeps the database small and fast, and lets you

Re: Store pictures in DB

2002-09-24 Thread Franz Alt
Can I use MySQL to store pictures as part of a record? You CAN. Should I just try to store the name of the picture? Yes. If you have FTP Access or similiar, I would prefere this! Some remarks from the manual : -- Insert a File located locally on MySQL-Serverinto a blob-column INSERT INTO

Re: Store pictures in DB

2002-09-24 Thread Franz Alt
+1 For medical imaging, at least in radiology (PACS), you usually see the terabytes of images being stored on a NAS somewhere, and the database itself is actually pretty small just pointing to filenames of where the pictures are located. This keeps the database small and fast, and lets

Re: Store pictures in DB

2002-09-24 Thread Danny Haworth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roland Perez wrote: | Can I use MySQL to store pictures as part of a record? | Should I just try to store the name of the picture? Yep but it depends on the size of the pictures. We produce certificates here and we hold images of engineer signatures