Posted by Tim Van Wassenhove on 07/30/05 19:21

On 2005-07-30, Jim <jimyt@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Finally, has anyone had any experience storing images in a MySQL DB
> against storing in the standard file system? Much difference in
> performance?

Well, a filesystem is specialized database for storing files.
Most people choose for an in-between solution:

- Store the files in the filesystem.
- Store the paths in the database (fe: mapping virtual and real fs)

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Met vriendelijke groeten,
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be>

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