>in VFP 6
It is better to keep them as separate BMP (or JPG) files, and have a field with the filename. Another alternative is to copy into a binary memo field, with FileToStr().
Three problems arise with general fields: 1) It is difficult to get the images out again. 2) They take up much more space, especially when compared with a stand-alone compressed image (JPG or GIF). 3) This space can quickly fill up the 2 GB limit.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
