>>So, I'm assuming, again, that there really should be little difference in performance regardless of how the file data is accessed.
Basically correct; however, images can make a huge amount of data, and the bigger the database is, the less it's performance is. You're right that you're reading the image from the disk anyway, but with data in a database and files in the file system, instead of one huge data repository, you're having TWO smaller and completely separate systems working for you, each one with it's own index system, and an index system specialized for the kind of job it is doing. -- _______________________________________ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292897 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
