Re: Text field types and efficiency

Thank you. But I do not mention the number of records in my question. Could be tens of thousands in the long run. jaskirat singh wrote: > I am not sure if I get 100% of what you mean .. but what ever ... do not > look for efficiency in such a small no. of records .. look for convenience in > the long run. > > HTH > > At 07:52 AM 2/17/01 +0000, Alan Hale wrote: > >Question from a beginner: I want to associate a fairly small amount of > >text (about 2500 chars) with records in a MySQL table, and display that > >as html. But is it more efficient to include the text in the database > >(in the appropriate text field type) and generate the html on the fly, > >or to just put a link in the data base field to a pre-composed html > >page? > > > >Hope the question is clear. Many thanks > > > >Alan Hale > > > > > >-- > >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net