inserting image tripples size of database?

[Barry L. Penighetti]

I was wondering if anyone could tell me why inserting a image as a background in
one form (splash screen) increases the database by much more than the picture
size? The picture format is a jpg. The picture was inserted as a image file
and is not linked or embedded. It is an unbound image file. The size of the
database is 900 kb. The jpg size is 410 kb. After inserting the jpg the size
of the database is 3,186KB. And that is after it has been compiled. Can anyone
tell me how I can add images so that they do not triple the size with each
image?

Thank you for your help
Barry

[Jerry Sanderson [C_Tech]]

Barry -

>The size of the
>database is 900 kb. The jpg size is 410 kb. After inserting the jpg the size
>of the database is 3,186KB.

I suspect you're in the wrong newsgroup here, as this is for Draw 8
installation problems. Nothing to do with databases.

But the probably reason for your 'problem' is that JPEG files are usually
_very_ compressed. Your database program is probably storing it as a form of
BMP, with no compression at all. Try converting the JPG to a BMP file, and see
if that theory makes sense.

Jerry
C_Tech Volunteer