How to store images in the File Object????

Question

Clearly saying i wrote a jsp program which contains an input tag as follows
<form action="filename.jsp">
<input type="file" name="path">
<input type="submit" value="submit">In the above input tag i entered a file path looks like c:\Sunset.jpg .But after i hit submit button it is not taking the absolute path instead it is taking relative path Sunset.jpg ...
Can any one figure out the problem...
My jsp code
filename.jsp
<%
          Class.forName(drivername);
          Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("URL",usr,pwd);
          File file=new File(request.getParameter("path");                // example path="c:\Sunset.jpg
%>{code}
In the above program +request.getParameter("path")+ returns null I don't know why this is happening
i wasted nearly three days please any one help me out............                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Answer 1

I asked a similar question once and the answer I got was - Don't.
Instead, store the images on a drive somewhere and store the path in the database.
But I'm no expert - that's just what I was told by someone who does this kind of stuff a lot.
Hope that helps.