Re: storing files in mySQL

2002-03-05 Thread shawn allen
...and so I'm tempted for the third time to bring up my issue which has to date resulted in no response: BLOB columns causing various, seemingly random "out of memory" errors on FreeBSD. Is this problem too low-level for the list? I see plenty of responses to questions about simple queries, even

RE: RE: storing files in mySQL

2002-03-05 Thread Dang Nguyen
Thanks to everyone who responded to my query. Your responses have given me a bit to think about. Dang Nguyen - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/

Re: storing files in mySQL

2002-03-05 Thread Tod Harter
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 10:05, Thomas Spahni wrote: There are some good reasons for wanting to store data directly in the database, sometimes. For instance I built an application recently that used blobs. The reason is simplicity and security. In a web application it is nice to just dump the

Re: storing files in mySQL

2002-03-05 Thread Thomas Spahni
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Dang Nguyen wrote: > I'd like to know how to load files, such as MS-Word documents or PDF > documents, in a mySQL database. I've setup a blob type in a table, but > where do I go from there? > > The purpose of this is to store files uploaded from a web page and processed > w

RE: storing files in mySQL

2002-03-05 Thread Administrator
ent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:13 AM To: 'Mysql List (E-mail)' Subject: RE: storing files in mySQL Why not rather have pointers to the files on a directory and store this in a db field ? Saves you a lot of DB space ? Ant -Original Message- From: Dang Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: storing files in mySQL

2002-03-05 Thread Anton
Why not rather have pointers to the files on a directory and store this in a db field ? Saves you a lot of DB space ? Ant -Original Message- From: Dang Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 March 2002 09:05 To: Mysql List (E-mail) Subject: storing files in mySQL Hi everyone, I&#

RE: storing files in mySQL

2002-03-04 Thread Sébastien DIDIER
l Regards, Sébastien DIDIER Zarcrom SAS - Web Hosting www.zarcrom.fr > -Message d'origine- > De : Dang Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoyé : lundi 4 mars 2002 20:05 > À : Mysql List (E-mail) > Objet : storing files in mySQL > > > Hi everyone, > > I'

storing files in mySQL

2002-03-04 Thread Dang Nguyen
Hi everyone, I'd like to know how to load files, such as MS-Word documents or PDF documents, in a mySQL database. I've setup a blob type in a table, but where do I go from there? The purpose of this is to store files uploaded from a web page and processed with Java servlets. Then, the files sh