Auto-thumbnails and Database questions

[Shap]

First, I'm having problems with my autothumbnailer for some reason it just stoped working, and I get "error creating thumbnail" but when I add an image using the "upload" button in a tempate, it auto creates the thumbnails fine....

Second is the database, what is it used for? And yes I know this is a stupid question. I'm wondering because I see the files all in data/1... ect.

I switched hosts and dont have the same database name right now, everything "seems" to work ok, but I'll create on to be safe

[V@no]

all your pictures stores in /data/XXXX/ folders, and in database stores information about those pictures, users, categories, settings and so on.
4images can no live without database

[Shap]

ok, since the autothumbnailer works when I use the "upload" button on the NON admin page, does this kinda mean, the code has gotten messed up somewhere for the admin part?

Just trying to figure out if its my host or my code.

[V@no]

maybe u should look back the last changes u did in the code?

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I wish I could, I didn't notice for a while, by that time I had altered a ton of files.

If one comes to mind it would have to be when I tried altering a specific catagorie page, but don't see how that would change anything.

[Shap]

well turns out it's the images that are the problem    Im not sure whats up with them, they are different looking but are jpegs, for some reason it won't create thumbnails of them, they are all pics from a series.

anyway

thanks for the help