We use Oracle for this kind of thing and it excels at indexing binary docs stored in BLOBS with full-text indexing, producing search context highlighted html versions of stored docs etc. It also means that we can keep multiple versions of docs as a revision history in the DB, without having a really messy metadata system to keep track of these versions on a filesystem.
On 6/2/06, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what it's worth, I second the notion of storing the files in a > database. In addition to the sync problems you could have, with file > systems, you can also easily transfer the DB to another server/platform, > without having to also copy the files and update any file path pointers > in the DB. -- CFAJAX docs and other useful articles: http://jr-holmes.coldfusionjournal.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:242002 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
