title: Can I store images in MySQL
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicates:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1665730/images-in-mysql">Images in MySQL</a><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3014578/storing-images-in-mysql">Storing images in MySQL</a>  </p>
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  <p>I'm trying to develop a website where users upload their images as part of registration. I want it that for each image, there should be a thumb created with PHP (which is not that difficult). I want to save the thumbs (since they are very small) in the database and I use MySQL. (I don't want to save the thumbs as physical files on the drive.)<br>
  Does MySQL allow saving and retrieving image data and how do I go about it? If it doesn't support image data, is there any free database that does? I will be happy if a link can be provided.<br>
  Thanks.</p>