Re: Storing image in database

may I ask why is it inefficient ?? thanks in advance "Raditha Dissanayake" <jabber@raditha.com> wrote in message news:41347B6D.8020902@raditha.com... > Dre wrote: > > >Hi .. > > > >I'm trying to save and view image files in a MySQL database, I made the save > >operation successfully, I stored the image file name, type, size and the > >image file itself > >the problem occurred when I tried to retrieve the image data I've previously > >stored, in specific when I tried to preview the image file > > > >I tried to make something like the following but it did not work > > > > > while solutions are being offered, may i bring to your kind attention > the fact that storing images in a database is woefully inefficient. > > -- > Raditha Dissanayake. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | > http://www.raditha.com/megaupload > Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader > Graphical User Inteface. Just 128 KB | with progress bar. >