Upload File to Database in ColdFusion

Question

I simply would like to upload a file to my database using ColdFusion. I understand how to upload an image to a directory, but I would like to place it directly in the database.

I have set a database field to varbinary(MAX) to accept the image and have the stored procedure to insert it. Currently my code for uploading the image to my file system is:

<cfif isdefined("form.FileUploadImage")> 
            <cffile action="upload" filefield="FileUploadImage" destination="#uploadfolder#" nameconflict="overwrite" accept="image/*" > 
</cfif>

I've obviously left some of the supporting code out, but really all I need to do is get a binary representation of the file stored in memory, instead of the file system.

Any experts out there that can help?

Thanks, George

Answer 1

Something like this?

<cfquery>
  INSERT INTO Image (Jpg) 
  VALUES (
    <cfqueryparam CFSQLType="CF_SQL_BLOB"
                  value="#ToBase64(FileReadBinary(uploadedFilePath))#">
</cfquery>

Later if you want to stream the image back to the browser, use <cfimage> (CF8+)

Answer 2

The way to bypass saving file to the file system:

<cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_blob"
              value="#FileReadBinary(FORM.FileUploadImage)#">