Can I use images in a class?

[Miguel Dias Moura]

Hello,

I am using the profile in Asp.Net 2.0 to save complex types, i.e., a
class.
I am using an SQL 2005 database as my profile provider.

Can I use a file or image in a class and save it in my profile?
Should I do this?

Public Class Document

Private _image As Image

Public Property Image() As Image
Get
Return _image
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
If _image = value Then
Return
End If
_image = value
End Set
End Property

End Class

To be honest I have no idea if this would place the image file into the
SQL 2005 database as part of the profile of a specific user.

Instead, should I place the image/file in a folder and save its url in
the SQL database?

Could someone, please, help me out with this?

Thank You,
Miguel

 

[sloan]

The general of thumb is to save the url to the image in the database.

Now, with 2.0 and the image control that takes a byte stream, that may alter
slightly.

However, I still think, that for images that don't need super security, the
url is the better method.

...

However, if you wrote an app for a bank, where you could view check images,
then you would want to send that across as a byte stream, and store the
image in the db that way.

Just my opinion.

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