I would like to know which is better? Storing images in BLOB or in the File System ? I've got around 400 to 5000 images.
And at run time there are chances where I'll need to retirieve about 100 - 150 images.
Well basically I can't find anything regarding storing an image within a folder on the server, as appose to the SQL database. I have already written code to store the image within my database, but I also need to store the image as a physical entity for CSS purposes, here's a part of my code which can probably be used.
View 4 RepliesDoes anybody know of an easy way to store Umbraco settings (Document Types, Media Types etc) on the file system in order to manage that data within source control?
Note: changes to settings made on the file system need to be easily integrated back into the CMS database.
Also, does anybody know of a way to package up settings from a development environment for rolling out to staging and live environments?
Recently, I have been contemplating whether to save my images into a file system or create a virtual directory in IIS 7. Which option would be best?
View 2 RepliesI have class Item with properties Id, Name, ImageFileName etc.
Controller:
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View:Create strongly typed view of Item class.
How can I display Image from file system?
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this line gives me the error: Cannot convert lambda expression to type 'char' because it is not a delegate type
Which is the better alternative when allowing file uploads on a page (through a Gridview populated by a coded DataSet)? Store the image itself in the database or to store only the path name to the saved file in file system. If it matters, I do not expect to have more than a few dozen images stored in the database at any given time.
View 7 RepliesI need to use images in my ASP.NET MVC application that are not included in the application, but are saved in the file system of the server under the c/documents folder.
How can I get these images?
I have a AppHelper class that looks like this and will use to get the path
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then in my view i will use this the get that image
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I need a place to store images. My first thought was to use the database, but many seems to recommend using the filesystem. This seems to fit my case, but how do I implement it?
The filenames need to be unique, how to do that. Should I use a guid?
How to retrieve the files, should I go directly to the database using the filename, make a aspx page and passing either filename or primary key as a querystring and then read the file.
What about client side caching, is that enabled when using a page like image.aspx?id=123 ?
How do I delete the files, when the associated record is deleted?
Assumptions: Microsoft stack (ASP.NET; SQL Server).
Some content management systems handle user-generated content (images, file attachments) by storing it in the file system. Others store these items in the back end database.
Some examples of both:
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What's the best approach, and why? What are the pros and cons of keeping user files in the database? Is there another approach?
I have a blob column in mysql database and i am inserting different kind of files like .pdf, .jpeg etc in to that database column.While retrieving that blob data, i want to know what kind of file data i am retrieving(whether it is jpg or pdf) so that i can save that in the known format.
View 4 RepliesI want to import csv file(already uploaded in blob storage) in Azure. For example I have uploded test.csv on blob storage, now i just want to import that test.csv file in .net(azure) and after importing i will insert that data into azure database. I am using C# .net.
Creating a cvs file with all rows. Upload it as blob. Parse it with a Worker role and insert it in the sql azure db.
I have a File Uploader in my ASP.NET application Using C#, we can upload any type like images, documents, pdf etc.
I m storing it in the Filesystem and having only the Name of the File in DB.My doubt is can we store the entire file, images in DB. State me Which is good practice and why we need to use it.
Either file System Storage or SQL DB Storage.
Is it possible to upload and Save Excel file as blob in Sql table through web application?
I do not need to query excel file, just be able to upload and download excel file as is.
i want to store images of my employees with thier profiles in sql server database.i have following reservations.whether i should compress images or not if yes please provide me sample code or article
how should i retrieve images efficiently, i an afraid of asp.net application performance issue. i think with ten thousand employee records it will halt or slow down
I am designing an prototyping an app the needs to store images, similar to facebook. This will be a public facing site and I am not sure how many users I will end up with but what I am looking for is a way to efficiently retrieve them.
So far I am thinking of storing them in SQL Server varbinary columns. I have the upload code and the storage code for that. My concern is retrieving them. I can retireve and build the image tag on the fly but I am worried about having to hit the database for each one.
I have been thinking about getting all images for a user and caching them in the asp.net cache for 10 to 30 seconds. I have never had to do something like this so I would be interested in hearing a few different approaches. Obviously the images can vary in size and I was thinking about defining a size limit, but I haven't gotten that far yet.
i am a beginer and i want to know how to store images in the database tables like pictures of the pizzas and when the user selects one of the pizza from the dropdownlist he sees the image of the selected pizza.
View 2 RepliesI'm working on an application which will store around 50.000 images within it's first year and another 75.000 in it's second. Images can come from Galleries, news images, article images and profile images. So I want to give each image a GUID and store the GUID in the database.As for the directory structure i was thinking of something like this:
~/Upload/Images/F2/50/F2504E0-4F89-11D3-9A0C-0305E82C3301.jpg
So I'm using the first 4 characters of the GUID as my directory structure to spread images a bit more evenly between directories. Now I have some questions about this approach:Is it considered good practice to store all different kinds of images together rather then use ~/Images/Upload/Profiles, ~/Images/Upload/Articles etc.I'm also storing thumbnails and they have a different GUID obviously so the thumbs will not be in the same folder as the original and somehow that doesnt give me a good feeling but I guess it should not matter but.Same goes for Galleries, I'm used to store galleries in folders like ~/Images/Upload/Galleries/12 , and now all the images from a gallery will be scattered around in different subfolders, is this a big performance hit?Do you guys have any other ideas for directory structures?
As you can probably see I'm a bit afraid to use this approach but since there will be lots of images maybe even more then the numbers i gave i have to let the control go I think :)
I'm building a Web application that will eventually contain a lot of images. These images will need to be displayed in different formats across the site. What would be the pros/cons of the two solutions:
Storing various versions of the picture when they are uploaded (e.g. thumb, small, medium, large, verylarge)
Resizing the image through the URL - e.g. /Content/Image/1?height=300
Edit:I had a really hard time accepting one answer over the other, so for anyone reading this q/a, take your time to read both answers because the accepted answer was selected by the flip of a coin :) They're both equally good.
I suppose this question has been asked to death all over the web, but I can seem to find a clear cut answer. What I am trying to achieve is as follows: I have a web application that lists various products, their descriptions, names etc and also an image of that specific product. The user will type in a product code or name of the product and a page will pop up with al the previous mentioned info and image or images of that specific product. The problem I am having is: I read somewhere that storing images in a database is 'bad idea' since it effects performance, then I read somewhere else to keep it in the images / or app_data folder. But what would be the best approach and how would I call it from the database (if that's the best way)? And if App_Data / images are the way to go how many images can I put in there (??) already the product catalog has several hundred images of various products. So how would one go about sorting everthing in those folders without having a few hundred images rolling down in my solutions explorer.
View 5 Repliesi m developing website using asp.net with microsoft access 2003 i have product details along with the images now i want to add this images into database but how i add this pictures what code is use if there are 100 products with 100 images i want to show 10 records per page i need also code of that
View 3 Repliesi m developing website using asp.net with microsoft access 2003 i have product details along with the images now i want to add this images into database but how i add this pictures what code is use if there are 100 products with 100 images i want to show 10 records per page i need also code of that
View 17 RepliesOne my web application uses barcodes.... When i add a new item i am generating a barcode value which is converted to a barcode image... My question
What would you suggest storing barcode values or barcode images in sql server 2005?
EDIT:
What Type of barcode you would suggest using with an asp.net application?
Linear Barcode (Code 128) is my choice..
I am trying to build a small e-commerce website that will allow user to upload and store the image of their product in the database and also the user could upload the image of the product and compare it with all the similar product images that are already stored in the database. I am using MS ASP.Net using VB.Net as the front end.
if MS SQL server is the best option to carry out such task or should I consider some other database to do this in terms of complexity involved as well as the integration with MS .Net framework.
I'm working in ASP.NET 4.0, and I've got a large web form which represents a single business entity. A user can upload multiple images associated with the entity. The entity is created and assigned a GUID upon submitting the form. The files will be stored to a file system.
The problem is that we have to name the files after the GUID that is assigned to the entity after it is inserted to the database. So before the submit button is clicked, we will have several image files floating around in limbo.
There are obvious answers to this question -- you save the images to the file system and then when the business entity is created, you rename those files. However, I believe that there must be very strong patterns and several key details that would make for a very robust system. What's best practice for this scenario?
Friends have quick question for you.i want to know storing videos and images into database(binary data) or local hard drive is efficent. What way general websites stores them in their websites.
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