hello,
I've started with SQLite, because it's one of the first dbases with a
local filessytem without authenciation.
It looks great, compared to ini-files.
Now I've a basic problem:
I've a table, with 10 simple fields and 1 blob field, containing a
(possibly large) image.
Uptill now the dbase is small so no performance problems yet.
But what if it grows ?
I want to look at the table in a table overview,
where the blob-field just displays the type of image
(identified by the fisrt 2 bytes SOI-code).
When I ask for the table through a query,
I get all the blob-filed information, while I only need the first 2 bytes,
and only the full picture of 1 selected record.
I can think of several solutions, but as my experience with databases is
almost zero, I can't decide
(and maybe I'm overlooking some better solutions)
solution 1:
add a extra field for each blob field, filled with the first 2 bytes of
a blob
solution 2:
put the blob fields in a separate table, with a link to the main table
any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks,
Stef Mientki
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