> First and foremost, > any feedback at all is much appreciated. > > Well, I know I phrased my question inappropriately. > What I really want to know is: > If anyone has ever attempted to store files in the > database (files such as .pdf, any image files, word > documents, text files, cad drawings, you name it > files.) > > If anyone has successfully done so. > > If anyone made attempts and was either not > successfull, or could not satisfied with that > implementation. > > If they were not successful, if it was due to any > limitations of the db driver or limitations with > coldfusion.
I did fully understand your query, and was simply being concise. For the long answer: I have stored files in a DB, and the only issues i have seen are in ColdFusion's string handling. That is, attempts to dump files into a variable have lead to some corruption of the data. Dumping the file contents directly in/out of the DB have been successful. I have not used this in a multi-user environment due to the harsh performance issues (about 3x slower than the filesystem). So, i have not accounted for all possible file content combinations and their interaction with a DB server (or its drivers). This is also a widely unsupported means of managing files. So, it might occur that after your have stuffed 3000 files into the DB that one mission-critical file isn't going to work and attempts to find support will result in a lot of "i told ya so" responses. So, in general, i've seen it work, but the performance sucks. If performance/scalability isn't your concern, and you don't need guaranteed file integrity (unless you implement something programmatically), then go for it. I personally would seek alternate means of dealing with the security problem, rather than using an ill-suited tool and counting on not having more than X simultaneous users. HTH -Ryan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
