# Passing Bytes to a Template Repeater

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-bytes-to-a-template-repeater/34865>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-bytes-to-a-template-repeater/34865 "2020-05-18T23:37:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MikeAMCO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@MikeAMCO](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MikeAMCO)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-bytes-to-a-template-repeater/34865/1 "2020-05-18T23:37:15Z")

</div>

Hello All,

I have template repeater that displays images for a particular machine. These images are stored in a MySQL database as Medium Blobs. Here is an image.

 ![Template Repeater - Foto Gallery](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/1/14d6a3bff546dfac45157e40e57d3de2a67be085.png)

Everything works perfectly. However, I want to optimize its execution. At this moment, I am passing unique ids and each template runs its own query.

Is there any way to pass a [byte] column? I have tried unsuccessfully and I need some help.

Thank you!