Thanks, I've looked at so many suggestions on how to do things, and have done them all it seems, but either PHP or MySQL must be set up wrong, because it doesn't work for me. The files I'm trying to upload aren't close to a meg big, which is what this talks about. I've heard that storing files in mysql might affect performance, but the sites I was going to use it for were pretty low bandwidth. Working with images in a database is so much easier then trying to keep track of where files are, their names, making sure other files don't overwrite existing files... I'd really like to get this working. It's so frustrating!!! Data is in the database, but somehow it's being corrupted, or I'm not getting it out properly. -----Original Message----- From: fredridv@tva.ifi.uio.no [mailto:fredridv@tva.ifi.uio.no]On Behalf Of Fredrik de Vibe Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 6:06 PM To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: inserting binary data into a mysql blob field craig@periodically.com (Craig Kohtz) writes: > [ inserting images into a mysql db ] I haven't done it myself, but a search on php.net for "blob mysql file" gave (among others) http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php (seach the page for 'blob'). On the other hand, it has been said that storing files in a mysql database (severely(?)) affects performance. I don't know anything about this myself, though, so I can't make any 'proper' recommendations. However, it sounds plausible that searching through the db might be quicker with files stored as files and the path to them stored in the db. -- --Fredrik In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetency -- The Peter Principle -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
