When an access DB grows large it requires regular compressions to keep it from turning to crap. Blobs are possible in MSAccess though. Even though I probably would not put all of my image data in MSAccess, I would probably consider a distributed cache of images to reside in an .mdb. For instance, let's say you distribute a CD with your images and other marketing information. Are you going to send them MySQL? I don't think so. Here is the location for some code to make BLOBs in MSAccess. I tested it on Access 97 but it should work fine on 2000: click. Never mind the other stuff there. I was once planning to write a book on MSAccess and wanted to encourage my readers to submit their own modular code. Just click the Blob's link and the Documenting Class. You will need both in order for the Blob class to work, or just gut out all references in the Blob class to the Document class. Have fun!

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In reply to Re: Handling pictures with DBI and Access by InfiniteSilence
in thread Handling pictures with DBI and Access by kevin_i_orourke

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