On 11/06/16 12:20, David Zuccaro via luv-main wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/06/16 12:12, James Harper wrote:
>>> Is there a database that can be used to store images? If so, what is
>>> the best
>>> one to use for a small web project I have in mind?
>> Do you mean like an SQL database with an IMAGE/BLOB type?
> Yes.
>> MySQL or Postgres are the obvious choices, and google has a few
>> examples of code for both. 

If it is a small database and will not be accessed by many users, Sqlite
might be sufficient - it has blob data type.

Daniel


I've only ever done this with Microsoft SQL
>> server though. It has a "FILESTREAM" option where you manipulate the
>> images as though they were columns in a database table, but they are
>> actually stored in a directory in the filesystem, which has some
>> advantages. If your project is really only small, storing them in the
>> database shouldn't present a problem. I would not recommend the
>> approach I have used in the past which is to store the images in the
>> filesystem yourself and maintain links to them in the database. If you
>> do that you need a way to keep everything consistent.
>>
>>
> Thank you, this is what I suspected but thanks for the confirmation.
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