Jim Lawrence (AccessD)
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Jun 17 10:32:18 CDT 2004
Hi John: Access or SQL (Oracle for that matter) bloat and display (extract) too slowly. The fastest method that handles imbedded graphic files is using ADO stream method. (If you are interested I will post the code.) The only really good method, that avoids bloat and is by far the fastest, is to store the graphic file externally and just uses the tables to track the file locations. HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 5:56 AM To: SQLServer; 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [dba-SQLServer] Getting pictures into a blob in SQL Server I got a call from someone yesterday needing to get 25000 pictures into a blob field in SQL Server. The program he is attempting to use apparently stores the pictures it uses in such a field. These pictures are currently stored as GIFs (I believe) on the hard drive. I can write a program to cycle through a dir on the disk, but would I just read the text into a string and dump it into the field, save and move on? Has anyone ever done this? I included AccessD in this request as I am guessing I'll just do it through VBA in AccessD. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com _______________________________________________ dba-SQLServer mailing list dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver http://www.databaseadvisors.com