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Store images to a blob field type
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04/01/2006 10:34:02
 
 
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04/01/2006 10:11:59
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01082689
Message ID:
01083137
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12
>>It is OK to experiment a little with that, but I think the only advice you will get from here is to not store images as blobs. The general advice is to store the image filename (with or without path information) in the table (in a character field).
>
>Why not? It is not a General Field (which should not be used for images).

Main reason I've seen is images take up a lot of space and you run the risk of hitting the 2 gig limit for VFP.

Regards,
Jim
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