It's an argument that can go on forever... We have 10's of thousands of images in mysql databases.. very fast/reliable.. easy to replicate, stream, etc..
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:42:13 +0200, Jigal van Hemert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "GH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I was wondering how to get images into and out of a Mysql database > > was told it was possible. > > > > I have mysql 4.0.18 > > The general opinion is that files should be stored in a file system and not > a database. There are circumstances that you might want to store binary data > in a database. > Take a look at the BLOB column types > (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/BLOB.html). > > Regards, Jigal. > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]