RE: [PHP] Storing image in database
| From: | Jay Blanchard | Date: | Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:48:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Storing image in database | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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may I ask why is it inefficient ??
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Because BLOB data requires tremendous overhead and cannot usually be
indexed by itself. You are better storing the image somewhere in your
system and then storing a pointer (URL, whatever) to the image.