Re: Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage?
| From: | itoctopus | Date: | Mon, 21 May 2007 01:53:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Uploading Files Should I use MySQL or Server for storage? | ||
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I have tried both, and I tell you that I really felt that the filesystem is
a more convenient way of doing it.
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<benc11@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am in the process of adding a part to my website which would include
> pictures, pdf files, txt files, and excel files. The files sizes
> could be anywhere on average of 100k to 2mb. Do you think I should be
> uploading the files to a MySQL database or to my server?
>
> I have head that there are pros and cons to both, but have never
> really received a definitive answer that helps much. I appreciate all
> your opinions on the pros and cons of both.