Hiya,
I am using DBI and CGI to interact with a MySQL database.
I have stored pathnames to images in the db.

I realise I need to use print "Content-type: image/gif\n\n"

But can I do this in a script that begins print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";?

Must I have two separate cgi scripts, or can I change content type halfway through ?
Also, how should I open the gif - Im thinking of this:
print "Content-type: image/gif\n\n";
        open(MYFILE,"$picture_path") or die;
        
        binmode MYFILE;
                    undef $/;
                    my $pic = <MYFILE>;
                    close MYFILE;

                    print "Content-Type: image/gif\r\n\r\n";
                    binmode STDOUT;
                    print STDOUT $pic;

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If I need two separate scripts (one to display html text, the other a gif piccy)
can I call them from the same form ? Cheers,
basm101

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