MYSQL :: Storing The Image Inside Mysql

Storing Image Files
I note that many open source cms/blogging packages store images in the MySql database, along with page content etc.
I have developed my own website using PHP (4.3) and MySql
(wingweb.co.uk)
Can anyone guide me on the advantages/disadvantages of this approach?
I had considered it for my own website, but it seems to me that speed would suffer on a graphic rich site. This may be particularly true where the MySql db is stored on another server behind a firewall, as some web hosts do.

Storing Images, Creating A Image Blob Column?
I would like to add a column so that images can be inserted and viewed from a mysql database. I have set up the table as follows:

CREATE TABLE Staff
  (staff_no            CHARACTER(5)           PRIMARY KEY,
   fname               CHARACTER VARYING(20),
   lname               CHARACTER VARYING(20),
   position_           CHARACTER VARYING(20),
   sex                 CHARACTER,
   dob                 DATE,
   salary              DECIMAL(9,2),
   supervisor_staff_no CHARACTER(5),       -- FOREIGN KEY
   branch_no           CHARACTER(4));      -- FOREIGN KEY

I have been having problems in finding the right syntax to create the BLOB if that is what i need.

How Do Insert Image/image Files
I have some image files. How do I insert into mysql?

Running A Script From Inside MySQL
I can run a script from my shell like this

shell> mysql </path/myscript.sql

But how do I run a script from inside mysql?

Calling A Php Funtion Inside A Mysql Query
hi there, im trying to call a php function that i have created inside a query and im getting an error.when i remove the funtion statment the query is successful. i was wondering is it possible to call a php function inside a query, if so how do i go about doing so.

this is my code:

How Can I Execute A PreparedStatement Inside Mysql Function
How can i execute a preparedStatement inside mysql function?

MySQL Image Storage
Wanting to know which is better / easier to work with. Uploading a file as a blob to MySQL and then process a thumb and larger image. Or Process the images first, and store the location of the images as a string, instead of the image as a blob.

Image Uploads With MySQL
Just wondering how i would do an image upoad page to allow people to upload pictures onto my site??

Are these then stored in a MySQL db or is it a case of assigning a value to the picture and the value then stored in the db so it can be located when it comes to retreival. Also how would i add a 'Browse' button so people would clikck it on my site, and then be able to browse their own computer for the image to upload??

Handling Image Submissions With MySQL/PHP
I've got an idea I'd like to try out which will harvest a lot of user-generated content. Well, some, at least :-)

Quite simple - a page that asks people to talk about their love of their life. I'm referring, of course, about their vehicle :-D

Ideally, I'd like to have the data captured and saved in the DB
as unapproved. I would then read and approve (or edit) and bingo, job is done as it gets poured into the given template. Howeber, I've never handled images in MySQL before so need some advice.

1) I'd rather have them images stored on my server than hotlinked (too unreliable) but don't want the images to clog up the DB. My thinking was that you'd probably have something like this:

a) user submits image
b) image saved in DB in blob
c) I review page and image
d) if approved, entry in DB moves to 'approved' and the blob is removed and then created on the file system. Location of said file is then updated in DB

Does this logic seem right?

2) I want to be sure that images are not above a certain height and width. I'm not concerned so much about file size. How straightforward is this in PHP?

So, I really have zero experience in this matter, so I'd appreciate anything you can add here, be that:

* Telling me I've got it all wrong, and that's a dreaful way of doing things :-D
* Best practices
* Things not to do
* Any useful code samples you could share

I am going to Google around for some tutorials right now, but I do like to get a recommendation or two from people who have already picked up a tip or two :-)

Export IMAGE Column From MS-SQL To MySQL
I want to get my images from my MS-SQL server and put them in my MySQL
server or generate them at filelever. It must be fully automated via
an interface.

Thumbnail Image Creation In Php Mysql
I want to uplod a image in mysql database using php same time i want to create the thumbnail of this image & store it in other field of dateabase in PHP Mysql.

I have two fields in database one for normal image,, other is for thumbnail

How thumbnail is generated in php mysql i m not storing the images in any folder but directly storing it in database.

Load Image File Into Mysql 3.23
I need to upload and image file (jpeg) to a database table called products. I have searched how to do it and can't find a simple way. Please show me the command to do it. The column in products table is called image1.

How Do I Use Images / Image Paths With MySQL?
how to set up tables and columns for text, numbers etc but want to know how I can include images.

I note that the MySQL manual says that the best way is not to store actual images in the database but just to store a reference to the location of the images in the file system.

What I need to know is what type of column should I use, and how should the reference be stored so that the information can be pulled from the database and into a webpage. For example do I need to store text showing the path - say ../images/product.jpg in the table?

How To Upload Image Into Mysql Database
how to upload image into mysql database. my insert.php can move the uploaded images into upload directory(public_html/Upload). Now how can I have the SQL statement to insert the images from upload directory into the bob field ? I use the sql statement: Code:

Inserting Image Into MySQL Database
I understand that this is not the best way to use images and databases, but that is how the database is designes. So that is how i have to do it.

when i try it with the syntax:
INSERT INTO image_source(id, file_name, mime_type, image_data)
VALUES (13, 's620.jpg', 'image/gif', 'C:Inetpubwwwroots620.jpg')

I dont get any errors, but it doesnt insert the image either...
The image_data coulmn is of type blob as it is supposed to be, so im not sure what is going wrong here...

Insert Image In Mysql Database
what is the code to insert image in the database.

What Are The Advantages Of Making An Image Gallery Out Of MySQL And PHP
Is there anything better about MySqul/PHP than HTML and javascript galleries?

Saving A Div With An Image Makes Mysql Table Garbled
I wrote a script in php, the script takes all the divs in a page, pouts then in an array then save to a mysql blog.

Works like a charm if there are no images in the divs, but if I insert an image with insertImage() then save, the table gets all garbled, outputing an error when read.

Inside Firewall Access To Outside Firewall MySQL Server
I have 2 Suse 9.1 boxes with similar configurations. I'm in the
process of moving some PHP code from one server (192.168.0.100) to
another (192.168.0.102). MySQL is running on each server, and the same
PHP code can access its respective localhost databases and make queries
with no problem.

However, the code on the old server (.100) can access a MySQL server
(12.xx.xx.50) outside the firewall (192.168.0.1), while the code on the
new server cannot.

There is NO firewall rule regarding the two servers -- they are NOT
being accessed from outside the firewall.

Inside IF NULL
I have this table:
------------------
id lang name
1 en name1
1 de NULL
2 en name2
2 de name3

I want to return all (WHERE lang='de') rows but if the (name=NULL) then replace it with name from the same id but lang='en'. Is it possible?

I have this query:

SELECT IFNULL(name, SELECT name FROM table WHERE lang='en' AND id=????) name FROM table WHERE lang='de'

Can you fix it?

How Do I Do A AND With A Bunch Of OR After WHERE Inside A Query?
Ok, I have something like the following:

SELECT dog WHERE ago = 1 AND (fur = brown or fur = black or fur = white)

can I do that? I need to find dog MUST be 1 year old, but their fur can be either brown or black or white.

Looking For Tokens Inside A String
I'm trying to do a weird (?) thing with regexp and MySQL. For example,
i have a column with:

token1|token2|token3

(three tokens separated by pipes)
I'm trying to write an SQL query in order to look for the presence of
one of these tokens, that is "look for a string like 'tokenX' that is
preceded by the beginning of the line OR a pipe, AND that is followed
by the end of the line OR a pipe". I have tried this:

SELECT * FROM ... WHERE (... REGEXP "(^||)tokenX($||)");

but, of course, it doesn't work. So my question is: what's wrong ? My
regular expression, or my idea ?? There is a another way to obtain
what i want, that is to select a token within a string when tokens are
separated by anything but a comma ?

COUNT (*) Inside Select
I am doing something wrong i would like to do a count inside this select for example:

SELECT th.tid, th.tname, th.tmain
(SELECT COUNT(*) as postnumber FROM forumpost AS post WHERE post.ptid=th.tid)
FROM thread as th WHERE tmain=1

Storing Dates In Mysql
Is there a way I can change the way dates are stored in the mysql database from YYYY-DD-MM to DD-MM-YYYY?

Storing An PhP Variable In MySQL
I'm trying to store a user id variable in my MySQL databaze, this variable ($user) is different for each user and consists of a nine cifered number, how do I do this?

Storing Images In MySQL
Is there a way to store images in a mySQL database? I was hoping to store
them in a table, then use php to call them from the database and display the
picture on a webpage.

Storing A Barcode In MySql
Im designing a program, and it has to keep track of articles in a
wharehouse.

The client uses a barcodes in the articles. Im wondering how to store
this barcodes and how to work with them. The database engine is MySql.

Anybody has ideas?

Storing Images In MySQL
Is there a way to store images in a mySQL database? I was hoping to store them in a table, then use php to call them from the database and display the picture on a webpage.

Storing Images In MySQL
Is there a way to store images in a mySQL database? I was hoping to store
them in a table, then use php to call them from the database and display the
picture on a webpage.

SToring Apostrophes In MySQL
and i have a GUI database i am working with provided by my hosting company ...i believe v.5.0...with a PHP Admin interface....

i have a form that submits data to the database and gets rejected when the -Comments- section of my form has either an 'Apostrophe' or "Quotations"... i have the field set a TEXT and it still gets rejected... i tried setting it to BLOB, and no luck.

Storing Objects In MySQL
How would I go about storing objects in MySQL (in particular pictures)?
Is this even possible?

Previously I've been doing everything through php, ie making the tables uses embedded sql statements in php and then using php again to add the data to the tables. I don't see how I'd use this meth for objects though.

Storing Images In MySQL
What's the best way to store images (jpg, gif etc.) in a MySQL database? Is it possible to store it within a field? If so, how do I do that? Another, way I heard is by caching.

Storing Array In Mysql
Is it possible to store the array in mysql in php? Then get the result (select) to store into $variable.

Trying To Avoid Using Query Inside While Loop
I've done a lot of reading on here and I learned from some of Rudy's posts that it's a bad idea to do a query inside a while loop. I don't know why this is but he seems like an expert so I'll listen

What I am trying to do is take the top ten points from a player and display them. First I will post the tables then the code.

CREATE TABLE `tournament` (
`gameid` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`gametype` tinyint(2) unsigned NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`gamedate` datetime NOT NULL default &#55612;&#57200;-00-00 00:00:00',
`leagueid` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`seasonid` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`roomid` int(11) NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`gamename` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
`cost` mediumint(4) NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`seats` mediumint(4) NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`notes` tinytext NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`gameid`)
) ;

CREATE TABLE `tournament_results` (
`id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`gameid` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`memberid` int(11) NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`place` smallint(4) NOT NULL default Ɔ',
`earnings` smallint(5) default Ɔ',
`bounties` float unsigned default Ɔ',
`points` float NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);
Now the follow code would be what I would use if I just wanted to add all the points and not limit it

PHP

mysql_query("SELECT
members.firstname,
members.lastname,
SUM(tournament_results.points) AS tpoints,
COUNT(*)as numgames,
AVG(tournament_results.points) AS apoints,
members.memberid AS membersid
FROM
members,
tournament_results,
leaguemembers, tournament
WHERE members.memberid = tournament_results.memberid
AND leaguemembers.memberid = members.memberid
AND leaguemembers.leagueid = '$lid'
AND tournament_results.gameid = tournament.gameid
AND tournament.seasonid = '$sid'
GROUP BY members.memberid
ORDER BY tpoints DESC");

That will total all of their games but I want to limit it their top 10 scores how can I do this without introducing a query inside of the while loop?

Accumulating Values Inside A Query
I only have experience of simple queries, and this one is a bit beyond me. I've done some research, and I think it might be possible to do within a single query, but I'm not sure.

I have a single table. It contains columns (among others): date, number. I want to produce a table of DATE, and new_number_count, where 'new_number_count' is the number of numbers on day with date DATE that do not have rows on previous DATEs.

For example, if this is my table:

Use SQL Code From Table Inside Trigger
I have the WHERE clause that I would like to use in constructing larger statements stored inside a database table as a string. Inside the INSERT Trigger for a different table, I would like to be able to:

<get the tuple with the WHERE clause I want to use>;
SELECT * FROM t WHERE <use code in database>;

Is there a way I can pull out this data and append the data to the second statement and execute it?

Format Text Inside Database
I have a news-type database. I pull the data out with PHP. I was wondering if I could format/bold/ certain words in the database when I enter them. For example:

Today JOHN CAESAR won his first race.

I'd like the name "JOHN CAESAR" to show up bold on my web page.

Is there a way to enter it in the database as bold?

Get Affected Rows Inside Procedure?
is it possible get affected_rows number by a delete statement inside a procedure assigned to a variable? Code:

Execute A Shell Command Inside SQL
I wonder if there is anyway you can run a shell command inside SQL.
for example "SELECT * FROM table;execute shell command"
I had googled around and didn't find anything.

Finding User Details Inside UDF
i heared that its possible to get user details inside
the UDf by adding the mysql_priv.h header file.

But where will this file be available.
i am using MySql 3.23.52 on linux8.0

when i try to compile it says :"mysql_priv" file not
found.

If i can include this file, i can get the thread
constructor called...

How To Sort Rows Inside The Group
First step:

SELECT ID, Priority, RealID FROM MyTable WHERE ParentID='0' ORDER BY Priority;

The result is

+----------+----------------+--------------+
| ID | Priority | RealID |
+----------+----------------+--------------+
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 |
+----------+----------------+--------------+

Then try to obtain the rows grouped by RealID sorted by ID from high to low.
This is very important thing and I'm sticking with this:

Let's say we have

| ID | Priority | RealID |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 |

I need to obtain second row (the row with max ID in the RealID group).

What I worked out is the following:

SELECT MAX(ID) as ID, RealID FROM MyTable WHERE ParentID='0' GROUP BY RealID ORDER BY Priority;

And Get

+----------+--------------+
| ID | RealID |
+----------+--------------+
| 9 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 |
+----------+--------------+

But I'm expecting the following order.

+----------+--------------+
| ID | RealID |
+----------+--------------+
| 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 |
+----------+--------------+

1. Can't understand why the rows sorted incorrectly.
2. How to "select" the rows according to my need (I have 10 fields in the MyTable and I think this is not good to select all fields using MAX(...) function). Maybe use subrequests?

Html Links Inside Varchar
I have to put html links inside varchar and text fields. They have to be (somehow) fulltext searchable (of course a substring, %keyword% search, would pick them up - I realize that) and they have to render as clickable links when I output the fields via PHP. How would I do this?

Storing ' And " In A MySQL Database
I have a big head ache. What is the proper way to deal with single and double quotation marks in a database.

Also, how to I echo out the stored data containing single and double quotes without a bunch of slashes?

Storing Text From A Txt File In Mysql
i am looking for a a way to get data from a text file and putting right in to mysql db.

I have been searching but didn't find the thing i am looking for.

Storing Associative Array In MySQL
Is there a way to store an associative array that's arbitrarily long and deep in MySQL?

For example, I'd like to do something like this into a field:

array("a" => "b",
"c" => array("d" => "e", "f" => "g"),
"h" => "i");

Storing Securities Rate Changes In Mysql
I'm trying to create an automatic securities trading system using mysql. Currently I have rate data feeds coming in that are entered into a database with a unixtimestamp and the rate.

I need the ability to quickly recall what the rate was of the security at any second of the day or year quickly.

what would be the best way for getting the rate 5, 10, 15, 20, ... etc 100, 105 seconds ago. I can easily get the rate for any second in the day via

select rate from eurusd WHERE timestamp<=1137759412 ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 1;

but how can I get 5, 10, 20 in one query? Is there a better way I should be designing this database?

Storing Japanese Text In MySQL
I am developing a site for a Japanese jewerly business in PHP and I'm having a problem with getting the japanese text to store correctly in MySQL. I've been working on this problem for three days now and after an exhaustive internet search and countless coding/database collation changes, I'm still stumped. I've seen a number of forums suggesting the use of SET NAMES 'utf8' or SET CHARACTER SET 'utf8',

I've tried these and more with no success. Does anyone have any suggestions? One other thing I noticed - when I type japanese text directly into the database table field, the text gets converted to these: 水 - which looks odd but displays as the original japanese text when querried from the database and displayed in a web page. Is there a way I could convert my text to this format before inserting it?

Storing Pictures In A MySQL Database?
I am wondering if it is possible to store pictures in a MySQL database? If so how does one go about this (particularly what SQL datatype would a picture be stored as?).

Assuming that it is possible to store pictures in a MySQL database, are there any disadvantages to doing so? For example would storing a picture in MySQL take up lots more storage space than simply keeping pictures in directories?

Storing The Image Inside Mysql

i read it affect performance by 1 third or something but isnt that worth it for lets say a online hardware store? or is it actually faster maybe?

i read it affect performance by 1 third or something

but isnt that worth it for lets say a online hardware store?

or is it actually faster maybe?