Storing images in database

Databases
1

hi all,
i want to store an image in MYSQL database.please tell me whether the below sql syntax i have written is correct or not.


CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `products`(
  `serial` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `name` varchar(20) collate latin1_general_ci NOT NULL,
  `description` varchar(255) collate latin1_general_ci NOT NULL,
  `price` float NOT NULL,
  `picture` varchar(80) collate latin1_general_ci NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY(`serial`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_general_ci AUTO_INCREMENT=7;

and i have inserted the values for the above table also.
below is the one…


INSERT INTO `products` (`serial`, `name`, `description`, `price`, `picture`) VALUES
(1, 'View Sonic LCD', '19" View Sonic Black LCD, with 10 months warranty', 250, 'images/lcd.jpg'),
(2, 'IBM CDROM Drive', 'IBM CDROM Drive', 80, 'images/cdrom-drive.jpg'),
(3, 'Laptop Charger', 'Dell Laptop Charger with 6 months warranty', 50, 'images/charger.jpg'),
(4, 'Seagate Hard Drive', '80 GB Seagate Hard Drive in 10 months warranty', 40, 'images/hard-drive.jpg'),
(5, 'Atech Mouse', 'Black colored laser mouse. No warranty', 5, 'images/mouse.jpg'),
(6, 'Nokia 5800', 'Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a mobile device with 3.2" widescreen display brings photos, video clips and web content to life', 299, 'images/mobile.jpg');

the “picture” field stores pictures in database.i have given there VARCHAR(80)
i know for storing pictures we should give BLOB data type.
but tell me whether the above syntax i have written will work or not.
if not what would be the syntax…

2

the INSERT statement that you have shown will work fine for storing the image path in the VARCHAR(80) column

storing the image itself in a BLOB is going to be a bit more difficult

do you have a good reason for wanting to store the picture itself in the database?

because most people don’t do that

3

i want to create and insert values in to the ‘products’ tables using
“phpmyadmin”.
in “phpmyadmin” how to set collate latin1_general_ci and NOT NULL fields
and AUTO_INCREMENT=7.
whether i need to write the entire code in “phpmyadmin”
or directly we can do in “phpmyadmin”.
tell me how to do directly in “phpmyadmin”.

4

i’m sorry, i don’t think you can store images in the database with phpmyadmin

5

then we have to type the above code in mysql> prompt right.

6

the above code (in post #1) is perfectly okay in phpmyadmin

i thought you were asking about storing the actual images in a BLOB column

7

then in “phpmyadmin”.for collation i can select in drop down box.then how to select NOT NULL feature for any field.also for the “picture” field in the #1 table whether i need to select the option as image/jpeg in MIME type, and browser transformation as image.jpeg: inline
or both are not necessary.