thnx jan vat im planning to do NOW is ill store path to the pdf file in the db as i ve been told the files r gonna take a hell lotta space (n i ve planty of them)
secondly i ll keep the TEXT of these pdf files in the db for indexing n them compare search keywordz with these n throw out the matching pdf file (no other way i can see about it) third pal if u ve ever worked with these thinggyz i cant figure out how to disabble text selection while im cpnverting word to PDF so that nobdy can copy the files (im using acrobat dissteller for conversion if this helps) thnx a mill toby ...... >From: Jan Steinman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: storing PDF files in mysql ????? >Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:58:33 -0700 > > >From: "Sqlcoders.com Programming Dept" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >You should look into (via google.com) some doc to pdf converters. An >example > >is this com object: >http://www.convertzone.com/doc2pdfcom/help.htm#HowtoBuy, > >it costs $219 and converts .doc to .pdf. > >That's $219 saved if you're on MacOS X, since PDF conversion is universally >available to any application that can print. > > >Once you have the document in PDF, it's a relatively trivial action to >store > >the documents in your MySQL database. > >Using BLOBs, I assume? I believe the original quester also wanted to be >able to search them, which I believe is non-trivial! You can't simply slap >a FULLTEXT index on them, right? > >It seems to me one would have to create an index BEFORE putting the PDFs in >MySQL, then add that index as a separate FULLTEXT field. > >---- SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL SQL ---- > >-- >: Jan Steinman -- nature photography: <http://www.Bytesmiths.com> >: Bytesmiths -- artists' services: <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Services> >: Join the forums at <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/wiki> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
