If you want to be efficient, store only the image metadata in the database
(path, filename, creator, date, dimentions, format, etc) in the database.
Keep the actual data as a file.
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Trent Reimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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I'm trying to find an efficient way to pull images from a database. What
I'm
saying is that the actual image file itself is being stored as a Binary
Large OBject in the database (MySQL) and that I want to use it on a web
document.
The only way I've been able to do it so far is to call an external script
such as:
img src=grab_image.php?image=picture1.jpg
where grab_image.php goes and connects to the database and spits out the
header information and then the binary data for the applicable picture.
Is there a more efficient way to do this? Is there any way to embed the
image information directly in the document without having to call an
external script for each image?
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