Organizing images with a database Mar04 '05

Feedback

# (1 of 1): Dale » bluetrait.com

6 hours, 31 minutes after the fact. (Fri 04 Mar 2005, 5:35 PM CST)

Firstly it is possible to store images in a database, or even another file type. It just isn't recommend. The encoding used in say mysql will increase the file size by 20%. Yet it is possible.

It depends on what purpose your images are for. For your example, a product catalogue, this is probably the best way to do things.

For images used for styling of your site then you probably wouldn't do that. It still pays to have a good physical structure of your images.

RSS feed for comments on this post

Leave feedback

Feedback

Input format: The editor controls below will assist with Markdown syntax.

Status

Sub-status

Your info Name: Email (will not show on page):

Follow new comments via email? (You can turn this off any time)

Do you want your comments emailed to yourself?

Home Page (optional):

Return to entry.

matthom is published and produced by Matt Thommes - an independent publishing enthusiast, mobile blogger, content creator, informative writer, web developer from Chicago. Never one to conform, Matt intends to promote the effect the web has on our lives, in an effort to intensify, instruct, and clarify all that is happening around us.

Contact Matt

Databases are great for storing and organizing TEXT. But images are certainly a part of web pages, as well. How do you organize your images in FTP, in relation to your database structure?

You are at the feedback permalink page for: Organizing images with a database