Recommend that you store the link/url in lieu of the actual files. cheers, mikel
Venu Allavatam wrote: >hello all! >i have a question regarding the storage of data. The >doubt is... >Should the data (mostly binary files) be stored in the >database as a field or a link(a path) to the data be >stored. > >i have read some of the pros and cons on both the >issues and am confused. what is the practice usually >and what are you guys doing in this matter? please >suggest and in case you have good references to look >into i would be eager to read them too. > >thanks > >venu > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. >http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
