Hi Marius, Why do it? Databases are designed for organization of large table and information about the relationships between theri attributes. I would suggest going light, storing only the filename of an image in the db, and stroing the images files themselves as files.
Joseph Mariusz wrote: > Hi, > > I found some info on how to upload files into a directory on the server and I was >able to do that but can anyone tell me how to upload a file to my database (MySQL)? I >know to use BLOB for the field type (which BLOB depending on the size) but how do I >construct the INSERT or is there a different special sql command just for that? > I will also need the visitor to be able to download that file and display in the >browser (in case of the pic) and download the other type of files (like music) >straight to his hard drive. Basically how can I let a visitor download the file from >my database? > > I'll also greatly appreciate any pointers to some articles on the net. > > thank you, > Mariusz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
