Storing images as longblob

[Antonio Carvalho]

I´m trying to create a php website that stores information in MySql. My problem is I can´t seem to insert images into the database. I´m using a form and all the information in the text fields is inserted all right, but the image I upload using <input type="file"> is not, it just inserts the name of the file, but not the file itself. My form has the enctype="multipart/form-data", and I´m using mysql_query to run the insert statement. Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong would be a great help.
Thanks in advance,

Antonio