The main impetus to moving towards a db-based filesystem is allow better search capabilities and organization of files. So, I suppose if your application doesn't require this, then you might be better off with just storing the filename and its path.
----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Moretti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:09 am Subject: Re: BLOBs and CF > > 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 > anotherlevel 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
