How to download image from DB once thru httphandler, and reuse on several places in page

Question

User-962338856 posted

 Hi there,
I'm dynamically retrieving images from my db for a messageboard-style page, with the following code.

<img alt= "../images/anonymous.gif" src='../GetPic.ashx?ID=<%# Eval("UserID") %>'

Thing is, the assoicated user might show up in several places on the page (if he has more than 1 message). Now I'm sure this it's not a very good practice to reload the same picture from the db, for every message from the same user, on the same page. My question is therefore: how could I reuse the same pic once it's loaded, without resorting to saving it on the file system first and then get it back (might as well reload from the db, then).

Any ideas guys?

Appreciate,
Premy

Answer 1

User1052258516 posted

You may want to fool around with the Caching features of .NET see #13 on the page

http://dotnetperls.com/Content/Cache-Examples-ASPNET.aspx

Answer 2

User1677448765 posted

 go through this article u wil understand..

http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=129

Answer 3

User-962338856 posted

go through this article u wil understand..

http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=129

Well, I don't get it? I wasn't asking about HOW to save and retrieve images, but about how to REUSE the same retrieved image.