Ang,
Thursday, April 04, 2002, 4:21:10 PM, you wrote:
AHK> Is MySQL capable of storing files (*.doc *.zip etc)? If YES,
AHK> - is there a limit to the size?
AHK> - what is the data type to use? BLOB?
Yes, you should use BLOB types (TINYBLOB, BLOB, MEDIUMBLOB, LONGBLOB).
You can read about BLOB types at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/L/BLOB.html
And about storage requirement for BLOBs read at:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/n/o/node_368.html
AHK> Thank you.
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