On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 03:24:36PM +0200, Ray Hilton wrote:
> However, on the site, i am currently storing images in the database, purely
> because i can. But i wonder, how much will the server load be affected when
> pulling binary data out of the database? compared to the file system? i
> assume its going to be quite a lot higher. DO you reckon it would be better
> to scrap that and store the images on the file system?
Yes, I certainly reckon that. Using the database can make organizing
them easier, but I usually find it pretty easy to store images on the
file system and only put the directory structure, filename in the
database. It is much easier on the database too.
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