Saving a picture from a file to the database

[origami]

Hi all,

It's me again.

Here is another problem I have.

I have a "Person" table with a blob field for the picture of the person.
I created a form to enter the name of the person, and there is an Image field.
I added a contextual menu on this image to allow the user to load the image from a file.
So, in the code, I use a OpenDialog window (so that the user can select a picture file)

Here is the code :

If ODPImage.Show <> cCancel Then
	Fichier = ODPImage.File
	ImgPBlob.Image = ODPImage.File
	FileClose (Fichier)
	strSQL = "Update personnes set P_Image = " & cmd.FileToBLOB(Fichier) & " Where P_ID = " & TBPID.Text
	cmd.CommandText = strSQL
	cmd.ExecuteNonQuery
End If

The problem is that I have an error message :
"The process cannot access the file '<__name_of_file_here__>' because it is being used by another process"

I tried to close the file (as you can see with the command FileClose), but it does not work.

And another extra question :
How do I remove a picture in the table ?
Is it :

Update personnes set P_Image = NULL where . . .

or

Update personnes set P_Image = '' where . . .

or

Update personnes set P_Image = "" where . . .

or

something else ??

Thanks a lot in advance.

[Erel]

Try to first save the image to the database and then show it.

If ODPImage.Show <> cCancel Then
	Fichier = ODPImage.File
	strSQL = "Update personnes set P_Image = " & cmd.FileToBLOB(Fichier) & " Where P_ID = " & TBPID.Text
	cmd.CommandText = strSQL
	cmd.ExecuteNonQuery
        ImgPBlob.Image = ODPImage.File 
End If

[origami]

Yes, works like a charm !

Thanks a lot !

[willisgt]

In the original example at top, what type of objects are ODPImage and ImgPBlob?

Gary