RE: [PHP-DB] Using BLOBs

2006-12-22 Thread Bastien Koert
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Re: [PHP-DB] Using BLOBs

2006-12-22 Thread Steven Cruz
Hello; I do not think this is best with any database. Simple put you are large chucks of data that you can not do anything with. On access them, they only slow down the server through put. What I prefer to do is store the location in the database, and let the web server or front end get it d

[PHP-DB] Using BLOBs

2006-12-22 Thread Miguel Guirao
Hi!! I'm thinking abou to store MP3 files and PDF files in BLOB fields in a a table, Is this a best practice in MySQL? Or should I just store a reference to a file stored some where in a file system? I want to store sermons and preachings, both a PDF and MP3 for reading and listening on a web s