RE: non-text data

Gd, BTW, came into this late, have we gotten the old "store your images in the filesystem and save the file name in the database" argument yet? -----Original Message----- From: Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the Problem [mailto:root@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca] Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:21 PM To: Chris Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: non-text data On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:42:50AM +1000, Chris wrote: > Dave Shariff Yadallee - System Administrator a.k.a. The Root of the > Problem wrote: > >I use SELECT all from * ... and one row is a gif. > > > >How do I get that gif to appear as a gif and not text? > > In your connecting programming language. > > Mysql doesn't know or care whether it's a gif, pdf, word doc or > anything else. > > Whatever programming language you are using to connect to mysql and > fetch the data will be able to convert that binary data and display an > image. > PHP? > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=root@nk.ca > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=john.l.meyer@gmail.com