From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-03-14T14:51:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Saving and retrieving pictures to a database with rails.

Please be a bit more specific with your approach and the troubles.  
With any application, detailed requirements are important.

Saving pictures to a database? Think of them as files saved in the  
database. binary blobs with names.
With Rails or any other framework, a database needs planning. (the  
reason David Black gives SQL examples in Ruby for Rails, because you  
do need to be in control of the database. It defines and limits data  
structures. )

You want to think about your database.
What tables and data types it needs, how they're related. There isn't  
one approach.

table images
  column blob
  column id
  column other data

On Mar 14, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Lucas wrote:

> I'm developing an application that requires me to save pictures to a
> database with other data. I've been searching for hours and tried a
> few examples, but I keep running into trouble. Can someone recommend a
> working example or explain what needs to happen to make this work.
> Thank you.
>
>