> It is considered best practice to use the file storage > facilities of the system hosting the application and only > store in the database information about the image, like file > name, size, type etc.
This is incorrect. You may consider it a best practice yourself, but there is no longer a consensus that agrees with you. By definition, that is required for something to be a "best practice". The capability of databases to store binary data has improved drastically over the last ten years. Some databases can automatically extract metadata (EXIF, for example). There are clear advantages to storing all your data (text and binary) within the database. There are some disadvantages, but I would have no hesitation about storing images in the database in many cases, and decide this on a case-by-case basis. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
