# Images in the database **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 12, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149 "2006-12-12T16:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/1 "2006-12-12T16:40:38Z")
Hi All, Can someone please tell me how I can show database stored images within a template. I’ve managed to show them in a new screen with send\_data but can’t seem to find how and if it’s possible to show it in the template. The only thing I’ve tracked in different references and books are displaying it on a new page. So could someone tell me if I’m chasing ghosts? Kind regards, Jeroen van Doorn ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/2 "2006-12-12T16:50:44Z")
have you thought of trying acts as attachment or acts as column? ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/3 "2006-12-12T17:32:46Z")
On 12/12/06, koloa [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > have you thought of trying acts as attachment or acts as column? I think maybe Koloa meant file\_column rather than acts\_as\_column? Both acts\_as\_attachment and file\_column make it relatively easy to upload files (images) and store as blob. You can find them along with all the other major plugin references at [http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Plugins](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Plugins) Blessings, Jeff ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/4 "2006-12-12T17:50:51Z")
Hello Jeroen, 2006/12/12, Jeroen van Doorn [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Can someone please tell me how I can show database stored images within > a template. I’ve managed to show them > in a new screen with send\_data but can’t seem to find how and if it’s > possible to show it in the template. The only thing I’ve tracked in > different references and books > are displaying it on a new page. So could someone tell me if I’m chasing > ghosts? You are 95% of the way there. You need an image tag that will display the image. Since you already have an action that displays the image, you simply need to tell the browser about it. ![](https://www.ruby-forum.com/my/action/with/the/image.jpg) ## Hope that helps ! François Beausoleil [http://blog.teksol.info/](http://blog.teksol.info/) [http://piston.rubyforge.org/](http://piston.rubyforge.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/5 "2006-12-12T17:34:47Z")
koloa schreef: > have you thought of trying acts as attachment or acts as column? Nope, I’ll look into this. Thanx! ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/6 "2006-12-12T17:58:56Z")
How about flex\_image [http://beautifulpixel.textdriven.com/flex\_image/index.html](http://beautifulpixel.textdriven.com/flex_image/index.html) I ve been using it and it is very handy to play with images. On 12/12/06, Jeroen van Doorn [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > different references and books > > > Hope that helps ! > > > – Carl-Gustaf H. ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/7 "2006-12-12T17:54:54Z")
Francois B. schreef: > > ghosts? > > * * * > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/581 - Release Date: 9-12-2006 Wow! I never thought of that … how stupid 🙂 Thanx! ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/8 "2006-12-12T18:37:00Z")
Would be another alternative, but I don’t need the extra options. So such a plugin would make my code(base) larger than nessacery. When I need to do image manipulation in the future, I’ll definitly will use fleximage Kind regards, Jeroen ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jeroen\_van\_Doorn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jeroen_van_Doorn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/images-in-the-database/79149/9 "2006-12-12T22:40:21Z")
Is there any way to convert image type using flex\_image or do i have to go all the way down to RMagick? I’m anal-retentive and all my images must be PNGs!