Is the metadata something that is keyed in or do you grab it from the file somehow?
On 2/10/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We've got two tables set up: > > search_table > :id > :metadata1 > :metadata2 > :metadataN > :file_type > :file_size > :file_id > > file_storage > :id > :image > > everything is stored in the database. The tables could have been > combined into one, but we thought it might slow down performance if > your having to deal with a blob object in all of your queries. The > way we have it set up, we can run queries against the lightweight > search_table and then retrieve the document from the file_id => > file_storage.id relation. Also, given this technique, the > file_storage table could easily be moved to another database, another > server, or spread out to different databases. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231999 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
