> Unless you're Solaris, which uses Oracle as their file system. Or MS, which is moving to a databased file system as well :) > What's the betting that the files are still sorted on storage media as they are now, but instead of using NTFS, or FAT32 or whatever the solaris equivalent is, they store the references to the file blocks in the database? ;o)
All you are doing by using a database as a file store is putting another level of abstraction between the disk operating system and the application itself. Using a database : You give the file to the database, the database works out how to store the file in its own structure, expands the size of its storage space to accomodate the file, hands off to the DOS to write the chunks of data to the hard drive. Not Using a database : You give the file to the DOS, the DOS writes the file to the hard drive. Stephen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
