Re: File Open

> > BTW have you ever thought about putting your thumbnails into a mysql db? > > (In fact images & mysql is the today's top topic ;-) ) > > > > Steff > > That is painfully true. Images in a database are far less than optimal, > though we're finding today that way too many people are doing it. (Just > store the filenames, people! Spare your poor db servers the load!) I've seen this topic discussed several times on the MySQL mailing list (hooray for MySQL) and the received wisdom is that it is a much-debated and unresolved issue. A lot of people who know MySQL reckon that MySQL is capable of handling the images without significant overhead, whilst avoiding the maintenance problem of needing to clear out images for deleted records. If this thread continues can I suggest we do it off-list as it's not really a PHP issue? Hope this helps, James.