You might also try SQLite, assuming you only need storage for a small application that doesn't need the data to be updated by multiple users from several different stations.
--- In advanced_delphi@yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy Grand" <jer...@...> wrote: > > I 2nd "real database". You can also use MS sql express, although it > probably isn't as easy to use as mysql. And there is the ongoing debate > about whether it is a best practice to store images in a database, or > use the file system and just store a path in the db. In my mind it > comes down to how many bytes are involved, and databases are getting > better at being really big. I've used sql server to store rtf documents > (I think the arguments are parallel) and it works very well. I don't > have to manage folder size (windows folders don't like having billions > of files, so you have to generate new subfolders when you get to > whatever threshold you choose to observe). > > > > Jeremy
