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Can photos be stored in VFP?
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From
11/11/2008 07:06:05
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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09/11/2008 20:15:20
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Vista
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01360739
Message ID:
01361038
Views:
17
>Sergey,
>
>You can store them in Blob field but remember that FPT file cannot be bigger than 2GB.
>
>So, would you suggest storing photo files (jpegs) less than 2Gb in Blob fields rather than just storing the photo file location?

Note that the limitation in this case is for the FPT (VFP memo) file, not for the individual pictures.

I would still prefer external files - for one, it may be hard to foresee how fast your image collection grows, and who will want to do a major redesign later?
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