On Friday 05 April 2002 2:54 pm, Zhao, Charles wrote: > Thanks Todd and Tyler for the encouragement, > > When I searched on Mysql column types, I did not find any obviously > suitable for images. I do not suppose I can use VARCHAR, can I?
Use one of the BLOB types. Note that if you are running a web server, you might be better off just storing a path and filename in the database and have apache serve the image itself. > Also, I need to have very good performance on data retrieval and transport, > which means I also need to have maximum retrieval speed and minimun memory > size of my images. My images are just plain graphics, no rich colors. How > can I realize the above purposes? Photographic images should normally be stored as jpegs, line-art drawings as png. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
