I think you'll have to be a bit more specific with regard to the type of database you are using, etc. Generally, you'd use some sort of LOB object in the database but I believe there are vendor specific issues. Sean
for the Oracle implementation of reading/writing an image from a database see: http://technet.oracle.com/sample_code/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/files/advanced/advanced.htm click the SOURCE link to the LOB Datatype. Jamie [This message has been edited by Jamie Robertson (edited August 08, 2001).] [This message has been edited by Jamie Robertson (edited August 08, 2001).]