Pictures take too much space!

[danielmurray]

I have an Access 97 database that stores pictures of people.&nbsp;&nbsp;The table is setup with the picture field defined as an OLE Object which links to the actual picture file, for example c:\xyz\abc.jpg<br><br>When I start loading up the database with pictures, it starts to increase in size far beyond the picture sizes.&nbsp;&nbsp;For example, I will add 12 pictures, each about 70KB, and the MDB file will grow from 1.5MB to 10MB!<br><br>Anyone know why this happens, and how to store pictures more efficiently?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Dan

 

[jimmythegeek]

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