Retrieving BLOB image from MySQL
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 8:32 am
				
				Hi
In a MYSQL DB table I have a description and an image. The image is a BLOB. I directly put the image in the DB, the image is a JPG file. In Livecode I have to retrieve the image from the DB and display it in an image Area on the stack.
There are no errors in the code and while debugging I can see that the binary data is being retrieved, but it does not display in the image area ("imgBox").
Please let me know if there is an error in the flow.
Thank you for the help.
			In a MYSQL DB table I have a description and an image. The image is a BLOB. I directly put the image in the DB, the image is a JPG file. In Livecode I have to retrieve the image from the DB and display it in an image Area on the stack.
There are no errors in the code and while debugging I can see that the binary data is being retrieved, but it does not display in the image area ("imgBox").
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   ## Connect to the database
   put "mysql" into theDBType
   put "127.0.0.1:3306" into theDBHost
   put "traffic" into theDBName
   put "root" into theDBUser
   put "root" into theDBPassword
   put revOpenDatabase( theDBType, theDBHost, theDBName, theDBUser, theDBPassword ) into theConnectionID
   
   if theConnectionID is an integer then
      ## Query the database for data
      put "SELECT * FROM signs where idsigns ='1'" into tQuery
      put revQueryDatabase( theConnectionID, tQuery, "tIndex") into theCursor
      if theCursor is not empty then
         //take the desc from the Query result
         put revDatabaseColumnNamed(theCursor, "desc") into tDesc
         //Show the dec in the TextBox
         put tDesc into field "imgDesc"
         //take the image from the Query result
         put revDatabaseColumnNamed(theCursor, "signimg", "tImageData") into tErrorMsg
         //Show the image in the imageBox
         put base64decode(tImageData) into theImage
         set the text of image "imgBox" to theImage
         show image imgBox
      else
         answer "Error Cursor: Reading from DB"
      end if
      //Close the Cursor with Query Result
      revCloseCursor theCursor 
   else
      answer "Error connecting to the database:" && theConnectionID & "."
   end if
   //Close the DB Connection ID
   revCloseDatabase theConnectionID
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Thank you for the help.