Upload image directly through mySQL Command Line

Question

I have a certain table in mySQL which has a field called \"image\" with a datatype of \"BLOB\". I was wondering if it is possible to upload an image in that field directly f

Answer 1

LOAD_FILE works only with certain privileges and if the file is on the server. I've found out a way to make it work completely client side:

mysql -e "update mytable set image=FROM_BASE64('`base64 -i image.png`')" DBNAME

The idea is to encode the image to base64 on the fly and let then MySql decode it.