Re: [PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread Dennis Moore
D]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 7:45 PM Subject: [PHP] To store or not to store . . . > Hi, > I was wondering about the following: > Should I store a picture directly in a MySQL table? Or just store the link > to a file on the system somewhere? > > I would think that leav

RE: [PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread Maxim Maletsky \(PHPBeginner.com\)
> Personally I think databases these days (MySQL in my experience at > least) are more than reliable enough and fast enough to serve up > binary data in quite large quantities. If you run into performance > issues, implement a caching solution run from a crontab. I had a very, very bad experienc

Re: [PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread Richard Archer
At 4:45 PM -0700 24/4/02, PHP List wrote: >I was wondering about the following: >Should I store a picture directly in a MySQL table? Or just store the link >to a file on the system somewhere? This should be a FAQ. If you allow people to upload files via a web form, your only secure option is to

RE: [PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread John Holmes
ohn Holmes... > -Original Message- > From: PHP List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:45 PM > To: php > Subject: [PHP] To store or not to store . . . > > Hi, > I was wondering about the following: > Should I store a picture directly in a MySQL

[PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread PHP List
Hi, I was wondering about the following: Should I store a picture directly in a MySQL table? Or just store the link to a file on the system somewhere? I would think that leaving the picture as an actual file and just storing the link would be quicker. But what are the dis/advantages of storing ri