## John Kurker

Asked on October 21, 2023 at 2:23 PM

I'm looking to create a link from our website to open a form. The form will have a handful of fields and we'd like to allow people to upload a picture. The idea is to send that data including the picture to a SQL database. Please let me know if that would be possible with Jotforms. Thanks!!

## Justin E

Replied on October 21, 2023 at 4:35 PM

Hi John,

Thanks for reaching out to Jotform Support. You can send data to your database without coding by using a 3rd party platform like Zapier. You can check out these links from Zapier to connect [SQL server](https://zapier.com/apps/jotform/integrations/sql-server) or [MySQL](https://zapier.com/apps/jotform/integrations/mysql). Furthermore, you can also send data to your database by using a PHP/Script to pass your submission data to your own database. Here is a [guide](/content/help/126-how-to-send-submissions-to-your-mysql-database-using-php/index.html) on how to do that.

Give it a try and let us know if there's anything else we can help you with.

## John Kurker

Replied on October 21, 2023 at 5:28 PM

Great! Thank you!

## John Kurker

Replied on October 24, 2023 at 2:07 PM

Another related question. Do I need to use mySQL or can I use SQL Server? Thanks!

## Christopher, Jotform Support

Replied on October 24, 2023 at 3:40 PM

Hi John,

Zapier currently have support with Jotform and SQL Server, as shown on [this page](https://zapier.com/apps/jotform/integrations/sql-server).

Let us know if there’s anything else we can help you with.

## John Kurker

Replied on October 26, 2023 at 10:03 AM

Thank you! I'll check it out.

I have another question. I created a test form and submitted a couple of entries including photos. When I exported the records, the photo field had a link back to jotforms. Is there a way to send the picture as a blob or something that doesn't require linking back. I'll be pushing the data into SQL and connecting a card printing app to that database. A link likely won't work for this purpose.

[This question has been moved as a new thread » Question Id: 8555211](/content/answers/8555211-convert-uploaded-image-to-blob-when-submission-data-is-downloaded-in-excel/index.html)

## Christopher, Jotform Support

Replied on October 26, 2023 at 10:29 AM

Hi John,

To avoid confusion, I have moved your new question to this thread.

Let us know if there’s anything else we can help you with.