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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Hutchins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Seabird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:24 AM
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] small database


> As you'll probably see in a lot of responses, it might be better to store
> the pictures in a folder on the server and store only the path to the
> pictures in the db.  That keeps the size of the db smaller.
>
> If you choose to do that, use an HTML form with
> enctype="multipart/form-data" and an input type="file" element, send it to
a
> PHP script to upload the file, move it to a specified directory and put
the
> path and the filname in a table in your db. Then, when you need to display
> an image, just grab the path and insert it in an <img src=""> tag.
>
> I don't know how to store an image directly in a database since I always
> store just the path. Sorry.
>
> HTH,
> Rich
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seabird [mailto:jacco@;vliegt.nl]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-DB] small database
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm creating a sample site for a company that does aircraft sales. I use a
> MySQL DB to store all the info of the available aircraft. Now, I would
like
> to store pictures directly inside that same table, so that on the
"details"
> page, it would provide a picture out of (for example) Field5. Is this
> possible and if so how? (I tried blob etc., but can't get it to work).
>
> Thanx,
> Jacco
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