Re: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread Chris Nolan
Personally, I would have to disagree. I have just completed a year-long uni project whereby we built some software that stored massive images in InnoDB tables. We found that the performance was (at very worst) comparable to the alternative method. Additionally, this method is better on many

Re: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread Sime
Chris Nolan wrote: Personally, I would have to disagree. I have just completed a year-long uni project whereby we built some software that stored massive images in InnoDB tables. We found that the performance was (at very worst) comparable to the alternative method. Additionally, this

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread Joshua Thomas
--- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: storing .tar files in mysql Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar

Re: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread Chris Nolan
Really? In both cases, it's just bits on a disk. In the case where you don't have access to a shared file repository for your client apps, you haven't got the option of just storing paths. Regards, Chris On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 23:30, Sime wrote: Chris Nolan wrote: Personally, I would have to

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread Chris Nolan
] Subject: storing .tar files in mysql Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar and .tar.gz (bzip2) files inside a mysql database. I have googled to try and find some help there but most of the hits come back

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread Chris Nolan
] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: storing .tar files in mysql Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar and .tar.gz (bzip2) files inside a mysql database. I have googled

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread Joshua Thomas
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: storing .tar files in mysql Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar and .tar.gz (bzip2) files inside

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread colbey
] Subject: storing .tar files in mysql Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar and .tar.gz (bzip2) files inside a mysql database. I have googled to try and find some help there but most of the hits come

Re: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread colbey
I'd agree with chris. I've got a ton of data/files in mysql for years now and no problems... The thruput in/out is increadible if you implement the storage handler correctly. Plus it gives you certain advantages such as security/scalability/etc... With storing the files on disk, the files

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread colbey
--- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: storing .tar files in mysql Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-13 Thread colbey
True initially... What I've done is use a java appserver frontend (orion) that's a caching server.. It gets the request, checks if it has the image in it's memory cache, if so serves it, otherwise goes to the backend and gets it, stores in memory cache, serves it.. Very fast and aleviates alot

storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-12 Thread jake
Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar and .tar.gz (bzip2) files inside a mysql database. I have googled to try and find some help there but most of the hits come back with binary image files. I have gone thru the mysql

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-12 Thread Joshua Thomas
there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. - Yogi Berra --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: storing .tar files in mysql Hi all, I am new to mysql

Re: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-12 Thread Neil Watson
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 02:54:44PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar and .tar.gz (bzip2) files inside a mysql database. I have googled to try and find some help there but most I believe the

RE: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-12 Thread jake
] Subject: storing .tar files in mysql Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar and .tar.gz (bzip2) files inside a mysql database. I have googled to try and find some help there but most of the hits come back with binary

Re: storing .tar files in mysql

2003-12-12 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 02:54:44PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am new to mysql and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction on how to store .tar and .tar.gz (bzip2) files inside a mysql database. I have googled to try and find some help there but most of