noora-m wrote: tried to google about storing the images but no luck I do wonder what you used as the serch criteria, I find pleanty of info with the following oracle 9i store images If there are to be mode than 1 images per bird then you need a separate table for the images with a FK to the birds table. BirdsTable BirdID (PK) BirdName ImageTable ImageID (PK) BirdID (FK) BlobField Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH