Re: Links and graphics in Access

From: Thomas A. Rowe (tarowe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 01:51:56 -0500

Just store the file name in the database, then on your page create a relative path to the location
for the image.

Never heard of an security issues related to storing hyperlink in a database. 

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"novus" <whitehat@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message news:40593fd1$1@news.alphalink.com.au...
> I want to use an Access database to serve the graphics on various pages of
> the web. I understand that it is better not to store the graphics in the
> datbase, but to store their addresses there. I will be calling up the
> datbase from pages in different levels of my directory structure.
>
> Do I store the graphics addresses relative to where the datbase is stored,
> or will I need to use the full absolute address?
>
> Does the same apply to hyperlinks stored in the database?
>
> MS help warns about the security issues of using hyperlinks in databses.
> Would anyone care to add their opinion on this matter?
>
> thanks
> novus
>
>

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