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Recommendations for storing bitmaps in a database
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Visual FoxPro
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>I would like to add customer pictures to my application. Is it better to save the bitmap externally, or in the customer table? Please share any experiences you may have with this topic. Thanks for your time.
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>Marcus.

Marcus,

The best approach so far is to store your image files separately and keep only their path and name in your table. General fields tend to bloat: try with a few pictures yourself and you'll see what I mean. There was a detailed explanation of why this is happening in a recent FPA.

José
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