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Old 02-06-2006, 06:02 AM Best field type for pictures in MySQL.
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What is the best field type to use to store pictures in a MySQL database table?

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just text fields to store the path and filenames.

Do NOT store the images themselves in as BLOBs. It is very slow and resource heavy when retrieving them.
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Thanks chrishirst. Much appreciated.

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