use DBI;

our $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:mysql:filemanager:localhost',
                       'visual',  # user name
                       'not4you',  # password
                       { RaiseError => 1 });

my $sth= $dbh->prepare(
"INSERT INTO uploadedFiles(fileType,fileName,fileSize,fileData) VALUES ( ?,?,?,?) ");
open(my $fh, 'index.gif' ) or die $!;
binmode $fh; #Update, added for podmaster by sporty to the example
read( $fh, $var, -s $fh );
$sth->execute('image/gif','index.gif',1471,$var);