I would recommend NOT storing the file(s) in the database. What I would do is upload the file to the server then get PHP to move it and then store the location of the file in the database.
--- In [email protected], "timgerr" <tgallag...@...> wrote: > > Sorry for not being clear. I want to transfer a file (image or document) to > my back end PHP using flex. I then want PHP to convert the file to binary > and store the data into a database. I think I know how to do that. I then > want to be able to retrieve that data from a query to the back end via flex > and then have the user download the file (in the correct file format). Can > the 2nd part be done with flex, retrieving the file??? > > Thanks, > timgerr > > > --- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <tspratt@> wrote: > > > > Can you be more clear on what you want? "Download" typically means to take > > a physical file from a remote file system and save it in a local filesystem. > > There is no "conversion" involved. > > > > > > > > Perhaps you do not mean "download"? What kinds of file formats are you > > talking about, and what do you want to do with the data in the Flex client? > > > > > > > > Tracy Spratt, > > > > Lariat Services, development services available > > > > _____ >
