Manual:Image table

The image table describes images and other uploaded files. However, the image description pages are stored like other pages. See also: Manual:Image Administration.

"DESCRIBE image" in version 1.4 gives the following:

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 * Field          | Type                | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
 * img_name       | varchar(255) binary |      |     |         |       |
 * img_size       | int(8) unsigned     |      |     | 0       |       |
 * img_description | tinyblob           |      |     |         |       |
 * img_user       | int(5) unsigned     |      |     | 0       |       |
 * img_user_text  | varchar(255) binary |      |     |         |       |
 * img_timestamp  | varchar(14) binary  |      |     |         |       |

The fields are:
 * img_name: Filename.
 * img_size: File size in bytes.
 * img_description: Description field given during upload.
 * img_user: User ID of who uploaded the file.
 * img_user_text: User name of who uploaded the file.
 * img_timestamp: Timestamp of when upload took place.

Some of this information was adapted from  in the MediaWiki   directory.

"DESCRIBE image" in version 1.5 gives the following:

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 * Field          | Type                                                                                                   | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
 * img_name       | varchar(255)                                                                                           | NO   | PRI |         |       |
 * img_size       | int(8) unsigned                                                                                        | NO   | MUL | 0       |       |
 * img_width      | int(5)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_height     | int(5)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_metadata   | mediumblob                                                                                             | NO   |     |         |       |
 * img_bits       | int(3)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_media_type | enum('UNKNOWN','BITMAP','DRAWING','AUDIO','VIDEO','MULTIMEDIA','OFFICE','TEXT','EXECUTABLE','ARCHIVE') | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_major_mime | enum('unknown','application','audio','image','text','video','message','model','multipart')             | NO   |     | unknown |       |
 * img_minor_mime | varchar(32)                                                                                            | NO   |     | unknown |       |
 * img_description | tinyblob                                                                                              | NO   |     |         |       |
 * img_user       | int(5) unsigned                                                                                        | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_user_text  | varchar(255)                                                                                           | NO   |     |         |       |
 * img_timestamp  | char(14)                                                                                               | NO   | MUL |         |       |

"DESCRIBE image" in version 1.8 gives the following: +-++--+-+-+---+ +-++--+-+-+---+ +-++--+-+-+---+
 * Field          | Type                                                                                                   | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
 * img_name       | varchar(255)                                                                                           | NO   | PRI | NULL    |       |
 * img_size       | int(8) unsigned                                                                                        | NO   | MUL | 0       |       |
 * img_width      | int(5)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_height     | int(5)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_metadata   | mediumblob                                                                                             | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_bits       | int(3)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_media_type | enum('UNKNOWN','BITMAP','DRAWING','AUDIO','VIDEO','MULTIMEDIA','OFFICE','TEXT','EXECUTABLE','ARCHIVE') | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_major_mime | enum('unknown','application','audio','image','text','video','message','model','multipart')             | NO   |     | unknown |       |
 * img_minor_mime | varchar(32)                                                                                            | NO   |     | unknown |       |
 * img_description | tinyblob                                                                                              | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_user       | int(5) unsigned                                                                                        | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_user_text  | varchar(255)                                                                                           | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_timestamp  | char(14)                                                                                               | NO   | MUL | NULL    |       |

mysql> describe mw_image; +-++--+-+-+---+ +-++--+-+-+---+ +-++--+-+-+---+ 13 rows in set (0.00 sec)
 * Field          | Type                                                                                                   | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
 * img_name       | varchar(255)                                                                                           | NO   | PRI | NULL    |       |
 * img_size       | int(8) unsigned                                                                                        | NO   | MUL | 0       |       |
 * img_width      | int(5)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_height     | int(5)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_metadata   | mediumblob                                                                                             | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_bits       | int(3)                                                                                                 | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_media_type | enum('UNKNOWN','BITMAP','DRAWING','AUDIO','VIDEO','MULTIMEDIA','OFFICE','TEXT','EXECUTABLE','ARCHIVE') | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_major_mime | enum('unknown','application','audio','image','text','video','message','model','multipart')             | NO   |     | unknown |       |
 * img_minor_mime | varchar(32)                                                                                            | NO   |     | unknown |       |
 * img_description | tinyblob                                                                                              | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_user       | int(5) unsigned                                                                                        | NO   |     | 0       |       |
 * img_user_text  | varchar(255)                                                                                           | NO   |     | NULL    |       |
 * img_timestamp  | char(14)                                                                                               | NO   | MUL | NULL    |       |