Question: I am trying to store references of images in a SQL Server DB and store the actual images in a file server/folder. I am hoping someone could give me a link or code example on how to do this. I don't want to store BLOB in the database. 

I am using ASP.NET/C# to handle this.

Answer: 
There are a number of ways you can do this.

-A java to flash to JavaScript bridge to communicate via sockets. This is the most compatible way since most browsers support flash. There are a few opensource AS3 bridges however you need sockets.

-A java applet and from the applet invoke JavaScript Code.If you have permission to read the com port is the easiest way otherwise you may have to struggle with applet certifications. The Java Runtime must be installed on your machine.

-A websocket if you use Firefox 8.0+ or a recent versión of google chrome to communicate with your java app wia websockets. Is the most modern way to do it. It will not work with IE but you don't need any other app as bridge between javascript and java, you may need to struggle to find a java socket server example, create your own implementation or use a web containger/app server that supports WS:// or WSS://
```
import javax.script.Invocable;
import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;

//JAVA

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        ScriptEngineManager manager = new ScriptEngineManager();
        ScriptEngine engine = manager.getEngineByName("JavaScript");
        if (!(engine instanceof Invocable)) {
            System.out.println("Invoking methods is not supported.");
            return;
        }
        Invocable inv = (Invocable) engine;
        String scriptPath = "/Users/sheikhhussain/IdeaProjects/JavaHome/src/calculator.js";

        engine.eval("load('" + scriptPath + "')");

        Object calculator = engine.get("calculator");

        int x = 3;
        int y = 4;

        Object addResult = inv.invokeMethod(calculator, "add", x, y);
        Object subResult = inv.invokeMethod(calculator, "subtract", x, y);
        Object mulResult = inv.invokeMethod(calculator, "multiply", x, y);
        Object divResult = inv.invokeMethod(calculator, "divide", x, y);

        System.out.println(addResult.toString());
        System.out.println(subResult);
        System.out.println(mulResult);
        System.out.println(divResult);
    }
}

        // JAVASCRIPT

        var calculator = new Object();
        calculator.add = function (n1, n2) "jjj";
        calculator.subtract = function (n1, n2) n1 - n2;
        calculator.multiply = function (n1, n2) n1 * n2;
        calculator.divide = function (n1, n2) n1 / n2;

```