image upload

[apurv suthar]

Hey frnds....i need help. I wants to make a jsp page that takes image from user and store it into the mysql database and use it on another jsp page.....

[Rob Spoor]

Welcome to the Ranch!

There are four separate problems here:
1) Send the image from the browser to the server. Use a form like this:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="xxx" method="POST"> ... <input name="xxx" type="file"> ... </code>(Replace xxx as required)
This way the file data will be available on the server, as long as you handle it properly.

2) Read the image data on the server. Check out http://www.coderanch.com/how-to/java/FileUpload.

3) Put the image data into the database. Use a PreparedStatement with setBinaryStream.

4) Show the image. You shouldn't do this directly using a JSP; those are not meant for binary data. Instead, use a servlet to display the image. In the JSP you can use a simple <img> tag with the src attribute set to the servlet (possibly with parameters). For example:
<img src="getimage?id=13">getimage is then a URL mapping to the servlet. This servlet takes the id parameter and uses it to retrieve and output the image data.


Oh, and please UseRealWords: "friends", not "frnds".

[apurv suthar]

Thank you for your help....It's quite helpful...and I will take care of following standard of using realword!!!haha

[Rob Spoor]

You're welcome