Does anyone know if there's an out-of-the box way of storing images directly in the database vs. using ImageField model type that simply uploads it to the MEDIA_ROOT. And if there is, how does one serve those images then?
Cheers
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It seems there is no built-in BlobField in Django. However, there is one available here. I'm not sure if it supports all backends, but it might work for you. With that, you could write up a form & view that uploades the image as an attachment and stores it as a blob in the database.
André Caron
2010-09-22 16:41:35
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No, there isn't. And for good reason. It's horribly inefficient to store and serve images from the database. Store them on the filesystem, and serve them directly from Apache.
Daniel Roseman
2010-09-22 18:24:53