What type of field should I use for storing the path; just VARCHAR I guess?
And as far as the filenames - make up some random file name for each
submitted file?
thanks,
Mariusz
ps. If storing files in the DB is not common, what exactly is the BLOB type
for?
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Hi Mariusz,
I'd say VARCHAR(255), although even that leads to a sticky issue with DBs, since paths
can be of any length up to the system maximum, [which may or may not exist].
It is true that the BLOB type exists in most databases, as a convenience. There may
be some cases where the DB would b
Mariusz wrote:
> What type of field should I use for storing the path; just
> VARCHAR I guess?
> And as far as the filenames - make up some random file name for each
> submitted file?
This is a little off topic for a Perl list, but I'll give it a shot. Be forewarned,
that I do not know much a
