So I guess I'll be the lone man out, I think it is a good idea, Look at applications like sharepoint. They store everything in the DB, word docs, pdf files, images.
> -----Original Message----- > From: James Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:07 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Storing images in DB. > > Is there any real disadvantage to storing images in a DB? Up until > this > point all of our images are stored as images in the server file system > and > the DB just stores the filename. We now have our web-server co-lo'd in > a > remote location and I am using replication to keep the remote servers > database up to date. I am thinking about storing the images in the DB > so > they get copied with the DB replication as well but there is something > nagging at me saying this would be a bad idea. > > -- > James Smith > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228325 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
