Claude Schneegans wrote: > The purpose of a database is to store information in such a way that it > can be sorted and searched > more easily. An image file is just a bunch of binary data, there is > nothing that can be searched or sorted > in an image, except may be in the name of the file.
Depends on what the image represents. Binary information in Well Known Binary (WKB) format (a format for Geographic Information Systems defined by the OpenGIS specification) can be searched, sorted and indexed to find 'all geometries that intersect Australia' if your database is smart enough. With other image formats and index formats it will be possible to answer other questions. It may be unlikely that you ever want to find 'all images with the color #de7f3d', but if you do your data had better be in a database with a functional index on color(image). Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
