# How to show images stored in the database **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 13, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-show-images-stored-in-the-database/129006 "2008-02-13T14:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabhpurnaye)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-show-images-stored-in-the-database/129006/1 "2008-02-13T14:41:38Z")
Actually i have came across a situation where i will have to store an image in the database and show the same image… for this purpose i have used LONGBLOB field in mysql and stored the image… I have to show this image to the user from db… and i dont knwo how to show the image in this way… I have got answer for this in php on [http://www.weberdev.com/get\_example-4062.html](http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-4062.html)(php code.) There is some function called Header in php but i dont know about rails… Pls help me out… Thanks and regards Saurabh P. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@saurabhpurnaye](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/saurabhpurnaye)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-show-images-stored-in-the-database/129006/2 "2008-02-13T15:05:14Z")
On 13 Feb 2008, at 13:41, Saurabh P. wrote: > Actually i have came across a situation where i will have to store an > image in the database and show the same image… for this purpose i > have > used LONGBLOB field in mysql and stored the image… > I have to show this image to the user from db… and i dont knwo how > to > show the image in this way… > Use send\_data. It allows you to tell the browser what mime type the > image is so that the browser knows what to do with it. > something like this should do the trick send\_data(some\_chunk\_of\_data, :disposition =\> ‘inline’, :type=\> ‘image/ png’, :filename =\> ‘foo.png’)