Spahni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "delz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: Blobbing data on MySQL
> Delz,
>
> what's the reason to put *.doc into a database? Format of *doc is a PITA
> and you can
Delz,
what's the reason to put *.doc into a database? Format of *doc is a PITA
and you can't search it.
Store the path to the file instead along with a copy of it's content in
plain ASCII and run a fulltext index on that. Have a look at wvWare to do
the conversion.
Thomas Spahni
On Fri, 4 Apr
Hi All,
Good day !!!
I'm trying to setup up a mysql server that will store scanned documents
(.doc, gif, jpeg, etc..) and will try to achieve this by blobbing data
into the mysql server. I find this to be very useful for archiving old piles
of paper and scanning them before they worn out. I a
