Display image when file name only is in the DB

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emanweb
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Display image when file name only is in the DB

Post by emanweb »

Hi there! I am trying to display an image (with the img tag) on the view page. The problem is that the field I have on the database only stores the filename. So, I am wondering if I can add a prefix and suffix to this field value so I can display on view page. Programming is not a problem so, if someone can point me to the right direction I can code myself. Thank you.


Ella
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Post by Ella »

I think you can just set your own prefix in the IMG hypertext section but I simply included the folder path in my gif_url field eg mygifs/sample001.gif and then set the HREF field to gif_url. BTW, for security reasons I don't think browsers will display anything with a file:/// prefix. Hope that helps.


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