> > this is a good idea. which one is faster: > returning the image as a stream or a direct link to a physical file in the > file system?
The physical file is much faster. It just gets a little troublesome to keep all files in sync if your application has to be distributed over multiple servers: a file-upload will need to be placed onto the filesystem of each and every server. You don't have that problem when you put the files in a database. regards, Onno
