Re: suggestions for binary data in database

On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 03:24:36PM +0200, Ray Hilton wrote: > However, on the site, i am currently storing images in the database, purely > because i can. But i wonder, how much will the server load be affected when > pulling binary data out of the database? compared to the file system? i > assume its going to be quite a lot higher. DO you reckon it would be better > to scrap that and store the images on the file system? Yes, I certainly reckon that. Using the database can make organizing them easier, but I usually find it pretty easy to store images on the file system and only put the directory structure, filename in the database. It is much easier on the database too. -- Jason Stechschulte jpstech@unoh.edu -- Unix is like a toll road on which you have to stop every 50 feet to pay another nickel. But hey! You only feel 5 cents poorer each time. -- Larry Wall in <1992Aug13.192357.15731@netlabs.com>