Can anyone shed some light on this issue for me? I was originally storing some images in a database, but then I convinced myself that it wasn't the most efficient way to deliver the images, so I switched my solution to static files.
In general, can someone walk me through the pros and cons of placing images that will be accessed heavily in a database versus keeping them in static files? What I'm most curious about is: 1) When I use a .cfm page in the image tag (< img src='getImage.cfm?id=282828'/ >), is it cached within browsers just like a static file? 2) Is it too much strain on the database to be constantly requesting 5k - 60k blobs? Maybe I should just punt and start using Amazon S3? -donger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348224 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
