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Pictures in Database???
Acess 2002...... I am loading pictures (to view in forms)
and My database grows incredibly large compared to the size of the pics I put in it. My pics are 50-70 k big. When I put in 100 it grows by 300 meg in size. Does anyone know a secret or a solution? |
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Pictures in Database???
http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/d...e=Pictures.mdb
Don't store pictures in the db....store the path in a table, and the image file in the directory -- Kevin Hill President 3NF Consulting www.3nf-inc.com/NewsGroups.htm www.DallasDBAs.com/forum - new DB forum for Dallas/Ft. Worth area DBAs. "Phil Rhynerson" wrote in message ... Acess 2002...... I am loading pictures (to view in forms) and My database grows incredibly large compared to the size of the pics I put in it. My pics are 50-70 k big. When I put in 100 it grows by 300 meg in size. Does anyone know a secret or a solution? |
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Pictures in Database???
When using 'OLE Embedding' certain OLE Server applications store the image data uncompressed, hence the apparent overhead you are seeing. As alternatives you can store the raw-binary image data in the database without causing this problem, or work with external image files. This article discusses the issue in more detail, and suggests code or component-based alternatives: http://www.ammara.com/articles/imagesaccess.html -- __________________________________________________ _____ http://www.ammara.com/ Image Handling Components, Samples, Solutions and Info DBPix 2.0 - lossless jpeg rotation, EXIF, asynchronous "Phil Rhynerson" wrote: Acess 2002...... I am loading pictures (to view in forms) and My database grows incredibly large compared to the size of the pics I put in it. My pics are 50-70 k big. When I put in 100 it grows by 300 meg in size. Does anyone know a secret or a solution? |
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