[PyQt] retrieving images(blob) from sqlite db

[michael h]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 4:39 AM Ali M <adeadmarshal at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've created a sqlite db with a blob field and put images in it. how can i
> retrieve the images and show them in a qtextbrowser? i want to get the
> images with a for loop something like the below code but i don't know how.
>
> def readImage(self):
>         cur = self.db.cursor()
>         rows = cur.execute("select cover from covers")
>         pm = QPixmap()
>         for row in rows:
>                 pic = self.ui.label.setPixmap(QPixmap("row.jpg"))
>                 self.ui.textBrowser.insertFromMimeData(pic)
>

You can use loadFromData(thebytes) to load a QPixmap from bytes, however
you may use a QImage (which also has loadFromData) and
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtextcursor.html#insertImage-3 because it looks
easier to me

(insertFromMimeData won't work on a QPixmap anyhow AFAICT)
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