Michael Madigan wrote: > In Foxpro it's been said over and over not to store binary data in a general field but instead only store a pointer to the file name on disk. > > Wouldn't that apply to MS SQL too?
If you need to take the files with the database, you must store them. If they're not moving, then ptrs might be fine. Also, if you include it in the database, you can perhaps audit changes, whereas if it's stored outside of the database (via link), any other process could alter it. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
