Images in an Access Database

[Michael Volz]

To All on MSDN Access Discussion Forum:

Currently I have an application where I call up image
files using the pathto the image files that are stored in
an Access database file. I would like to know if I can
take this a step further and save the image files
themselves in the Access database. Any help, hints or
feedback on this posting is greatly appreciated. Thanks
in advance.

 

[Bruce M. Thompson]

Yes you can, but don't. Access does not handle images very well, and your

DB will probably bloat in size. You are doing it the recommended way now.

Kevin is correct. If you store the image in the MDB, it won't take many images
to make your database exceed its maximum size. Your present approach is the
best.

Forms: Handle/Display images in forms/database
http://www.mvps.org/access/forms/frm0030.htm