Storing an image URGENT

hi

i have an application in java that has a text field in which you enter the path of the image and then u click on a button and it will be saved in a database.
this image will be saved as long binary data , but if i had saved already an image from the database itself and i want to display it in my application it will not appear but as i said when i add the image from the application it will appear
i kept the field of the image (OLE) and i go to the field right click---->insert object.that's how i save the image in the database but it will not appear in my application, so i don't know were the problem is ?can some one help


thankx

deena

deena18,

It would be interesting to know what database you are using and what language your application is written in - In my experience with gallery type sites, it has made much more sense simply to store the location of the image as a path or url in the database and store the image elsewhere in (a separate) filesystem. If your database becomes big, it will be much more manageable and taking/restoring backups will become less of a headache to..

just some ideas,

maslaama,
Christo

hi christo

well i'm using MS Access and my application is written in java ...
i tried storing the path of the image in the field but this still did not work ...
as i said that when i enter the image through my application and then search for it(by the search button) i get the image displayed ,, but if the image was already stored in the database it self and then i want to search for it it doesn't appear ,, i don't know why???