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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 03/28/07 23:09
Mary Pegg wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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>> Mary Pegg wrote:
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>>> Yes, files in the filesystem, data in the database.
>> And what do files contain? (Let me give you a hint. It's a four letter
>> word which starts with "DA" and ends with "TA".
>
> You've already admitted the potential problems associated with sticking
> large amounts of binary data into the database.
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I have? Where? I did say it requires careful design for best results.
But then if you're going to have 100K images you'll have to design your
filesystem layout accordingly. 100K images in one directory? Right...
> So far your arguments in favour seem to be (a) it works (b) it used
> to work back in the 80s, too.
>
No, I gave you several good reasons as to why it's a better way.
However, all you've done is say "data in a database and files in a
filesystem".
But files are just containers for data.
And obviously you've never tried it, so you really have no idea about
what you speak.
Followups set to comp.lang.mysql. This is off-topic in this group, and
I won't discuss it further here. If you want to discuss it, go to the
appropriate newsgroup.
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