Saving image in MySQL database

Best groupmember,
I want to save my images in a MySQL database. After storing that in the database I want to be able to present it using a servlet. Something like this (show image with id=4 from the database):
<img src="/servlet/image?id=4">
Would be happy to be guided to example code or tutorials about how to store images in a MySQL database using Java.
-- Best of Times
Peter Lauri

Ok for storing images you'll have to use the type BLOB (=Binary Large Object) for the rest i would suggest that you take a look at the jdbc-documentation....
this might help... :p
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/sql/ResultSet.html#getBlob(int)

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Which is the best way for saving images in the database? Filestream or Varbinary(max)?. Will the Varbinary max comsume much space or it will only take the actual size of the data?

I've used FILETABLE for storing images in SQL 2012
You can configure it to have transact and non transact access if you want
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hello to all,
i need ur help,we hav online site .
i have to upload image(which can b from any pc) into mysql database residing on remote server of which we (don't hav actual path of that server).
the solution i'm using is working correctly on local bt when transfer it to server it shows
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please suggest me the way to upload image to remote server** not on local server.
its urgent.
Edited by: JavaDevS on Jul 28, 2008 11:41 AM

i need ur help,we hav online site .Please don't use these juvenile abbreviations. It's impolite when you're asking for assistance not to make the effort to spell out all of the words. Moreover in a forum with an international readership the use of standard English will reduce the possibility of confusion.
I presume that your file upload is being placed in a different directory from that which you were expecting. I would suggest logging all paths (specifically filename) to see if this is an unexpected value.
Please explain further what you mean by "local" - is this a stand-alone application, or merely running a copy of the server on your local machine and doing the transfer (via the browser) to that? Are there any other differences such as the browser used?

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Hey guys so i created a insert form in dreamweaver to add to a database, its workin fine but i want to add another field to browse for and add a small image of the item. I created my insert form with a wizard and I'm not sure how to add an image uploader to it. I have a blob field in my database called "image" I'm just not sure how to add to it from my form.
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I give step-by-step instructions how to do this in my book, "Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP: Training from the Source", but if you have reasonable skill at using PHP, you can learn how to handle file uploads from the PHP Manual at http://docs.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php.

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I've been researching this problem (saving images in a MySQL database) in order to accomplish a task I was assigned to. Finally I was able to do it. I'd be glad if it will be of any use.
First of all: the original question was related to an applet. So, the post from rkippen should be read. It says almost everything, leaving the code job for us. Since I managed to write some code, I'll put it here, but I'm not dealing with the byte transferring issue.
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I would like to save an specified image to the database, but I'm also wondering is I could display the image from the database again (I prefere that there is no temp file created).
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Hi ,
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You should not save an image to database, since it'll make database slow, and difficult to write a web page to load image.
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