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Asked: 2026-05-30T14:42:17+00:00

I am creating application in which I would have database which users can´t edit.

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I am creating application in which I would have database which users can´t edit. It just have data and it shows to user. I found that I dont have to use localstorage I just can add database to project and it is readonly. So I did it and everything is ok. Now I want to add images to my app and I am not sure what is better way. I can every image add to folder, in database store path to image and It´s very easy and It can do now. Or I found that I can store image in database as image (byte[]). What is better? Would be images in database smaller? Would be loading of images faster? If images in database is better solution have can I easy way add images to my existing database? Is there any article to do this in winforms? Thanks

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I’m glad that my question has so many answers and opinions. I want to explain more my needs. My application should have about 150 pictures and picture should be sized 150px and 100px. I want to app would work without internet connection. It could connect for updates but that´s all. Again thanks for all opinions 🙂

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  1. Editorial Team

    There are a lot of ‘ifs’, ‘buts’ and ‘maybes’ about where you put you put your images and I don’t think there is a right or wrong way.

    One thing worth mentioning is that if the application is business critical with high availability I would store them in the database, simply because the can be backed up with the rest of the data. Databases can be mirrored etc so having all the images treated as ‘data’ can be beneficial. Also if things get big and a web farm is employed and load balancers etc it helps when the images live in one place.

    For me, I’d go with the database. But it all really depends on the scale of your application.

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