Can you scan a document and store it in a table to link to an account

[colezpapa]

I have a user that has asked if its possible to scan a document or attach a document to a form or store it in a database. From a high level, they want to scan a doc into a table and then say, link it to an account for retrieval.
How would I go about doing something like this.

 

[Crowley16]

it is possible to do this, however it's generally not a good idea as it will drastically increase your database size and decrease performance.

the usual way is to have some code to copy the file to a specific location, and store the location in the database

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[colezpapa]

So, you copy the file to some folder and store the filename in a table. Would you have any sample code that shows this.

Thanks