Uploading a file in a blob mysql column

[Maxou06]

Hi

I searching on the web and reading for the last two day's and I did not
find any code exemple to upload a file from my web page to blob mysql
column. I tried a little code but it does not work.

open my $handle, "< $pictures" or die "Can't open $pictures : $!";
binmode ($handle);
$afbeelding = <$handle>;

$newItem1="insert into item1 values('$afbeelding')";

I also tried to display this pictures but I does not work.

my $test=$Row->{pictures};
binmode $test;
print $test;

Can you point me to the right direction. thx in advance