Newbie to the BLOBs here(and MySql for that matter), Is there a way to store a blob localy, but not in the DB, say some kind of pointer? And how does the code look for it? I need to make the DB updatable, so storing directly in the DB won't work. I saw a RE: to a thread aboot the same thing, but I can't find the original msg. Thanks to all who dwell here.