> 2 : and this is the problem .... when the servlet accepts image(s) ..
> i create a thumbnail for each.
> Now ... how the hell do i dynamically display these thumbnails
> from a sevlet with HTML .. (remembering that
> the thumbnails are also blobs retrieved from the DB) so i cant
> just link to them.
>
> If i extract the thumbnails to the server file system .. and
> dynamically create the HTML with the
> links .. i have no way of knowing when the user is finished with
> that page .. and when i can delete the
> thumbnails.
You need not know if the user is done with your image, since the image
is now with the browser. In addition, browser can cache the image. So,
you don't have to leave the thumbnail on the server.
Regards,
Subrahmanyam
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