Re: Images on MySQL

I keep hearing this from people (not to store images in mysql), but I would like to hear a bit more about why. Mysql has blob fields, so it seems perfectly reasonable to use them, doesn't it? I'm storing some images in a database and what's attractive to me about it is that I can put the images anywhere I like. I guess I could mount an image directory over NFS, but it seems easier and more consistent to use sql. Any thoughts on this? -Steve On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 05:43 AM, Jason Wong wrote:

On Thursday 28 March 2002 19:35, Clever wrote:

Hi, I'm designing a site and I have to store a lot of images. Which is the best for speed? 1) Store all images on a MySQL table? 2) Save them on disk like normal files and only have pointers to them on the database?

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