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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 11:45:50 +0200
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On 27-07-2013 11:31, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> The target is to create and store thumbnail PNG images in a Mysql table.
> Also any tips on actually getting the thumbnail data into a variable -
> which package is recommended? I've always used GD, but never been 100%
> happy with it
>

As far as the subject goes, i would say:
DO NOT TOUCH binary data.....

Simply store it, or not, in your database.....