open(frontFILE, $imageFront.'.gif'); read (frontFILE, $blobFront, -s "$imageFront"); close frontFILE; open(backFILE, $imageBack.'.gif'); read (backFILE, $blobBack, -s "$imageBack"); close backFILE; my $sth=$db->prepare("Insert INTO docs (FrontImg,BackImg,docID) values (?,?,?); $sth->execute($blobFront, $blobBack, $docID) or die $sth->errstr;