If you mean storing images/text files, etc.  in blobs or large text 
fields;  rather tha just storing the file path... it is generally a very 
bad idea.

You gain a little convenience (referencing files) but pay a huge penalty 
in performance and db overhead.

Dick


On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 10:00  AM, Wajid Hussain wrote:

> Hi guys, has anybody come across writing/reading files to a db? any 
> advice will be much appreciated. WAJ.
>
>
>
> 
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