[AccessD] Should I use Attachments?

<http://i.techrepublic.com.com/downloads/Gilbert/adl_10_tips_access_speed.pdf>

#2 is an option.

Susan H.



> Even inside the database don't you need some way to identify the picture - 
> a
> title or caption?  So renaming the jpgs is one way to do that and so the
> combo box to select the picture has those descriptive file names.  Or in 
> the
> table where you store the path and file name of the picture you let the 
> user
> enter a short description which shows in the combo box.  Either way the
> photos stay outside the db.  If you store them in the db, the photos will
> still be stored outside the db somewhere.  If they exist in two places 
> that
> opens up possibilities of having the one set not be the same as the other
> set.
>
> Still voting for keeping them outside.
>
> However, I am interested in whether or not a graphic file can now be 
> stored
> in a db without bloating it.  Please let us know what your experiments
> reveal.
>