So you took the picture, encoded it, and stored that info into the table? The only reason I was using BMPs instead of JPEGs is that I was told databases handle them better (I forgot where I read that). I would like to keep this whole process as fast and efficient as possible. I am more concerned with speed than with file size. Does the encoding/decoding process take a long time?
Anyway if you could write a VI that can load a picture from a file, encode it, write it to a table, then retrieve it, decode it and display it... that wouldbe great, I could tailor this for what I need done.