images in db

[Jenna Fox]

Mmm, indeededly, though data: uri's don't work at all in internet  
explorer, quite the bummer if you care :)


On 03/02/2009, at 12:15 PM, Roland Crosby wrote:

> Well, you could sorta do img(:src => file_data), using the data: URI  
> scheme.
>
> def data_uri(file_data, mime_type="image/png")
>  "data:#{mime_type};base64,#{[file_data].pack('m*')}".strip
> end
>
> Then you could just do img(:src => data_uri(file_data)), and it  
> should work.
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Cornelius Jaeger <cjlists at visualfood.ch 
> > wrote:
>> hi all
>>
>> just working on my first camping hack and new to ruby as well.
>> i've figured some things out and uploading images into the  
>> database, but i'm
>> not sure how to get the data displayed in the browser.
>> i'd like to stream it straight from the db, not copy it to the fs  
>> first.
>> obviously img(:src => file_data) doesn't work.
>> any pointers or reading assignments would be v. welcome.
>> many thanks
>>
>> cornelius
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