Ang,
Thursday, April 04, 2002, 4:21:10 PM, you wrote:

AHK> Is MySQL capable of storing files (*.doc *.zip etc)?  If YES,
AHK> - is there a limit to the size? 
AHK> - what is the data type to use? BLOB?     

Yes, you should use BLOB types (TINYBLOB, BLOB, MEDIUMBLOB, LONGBLOB).
You can read about BLOB types at:
    http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/L/BLOB.html

And about storage requirement for BLOBs read at:
    http://www.mysql.com/doc/n/o/node_368.html

AHK> Thank you.





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