Binary File in DB vs. File in directory --looking for archived discussion

2002-05-30 Thread Dan Vande More
I'm trying to find any and all thoughts on whether to store files in the db (PDF's, word docs etc) or in the filesystem. If I do in the fs then there is tons of overhead because of new folders, each client having thier own folder(and subfolders) etc. And then htaccess'ing the dir's

Re: Binary File in DB vs. File in directory --looking for archived discussion

2002-05-30 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 30 May 2002, at 8:58, Dan Vande More wrote: If I do in the fs then there is tons of overhead because of new folders, each client having thier own folder(and subfolders) etc. And then htaccess'ing the dir's independently along with the overhead of keeping track of the htaccess files. The

Binary File in DB vs. File in directory --looking for archived discussion

2002-05-28 Thread Dan Vande More
I'm trying to find any and all thoughts on whether to store files in the db (PDF's, word docs etc) or in the filesystem. If I do in the fs then there is tons of overhead because of new folders, each client having thier own folder(and subfolders) etc. And then htaccess'ing the dir's