--- Greg Willits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On May 19, 2004, at 1:19 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
> All "conventional wisdom" I've ever come across for
> this type of
> application is that there's no advantage to keeping
> the image in the db
> itself. Just keep them as files on the server, store
> a filename &/or
> location in the db if necessary, and use your
> middleware to display the
> images. Its faster, easier to maintain, and easier
> to backup. IMO,
> storing images in the db just bloats the file and
> complicates all the
> backup issues.
That's the advice I wanted to hear; one less thing for
me to learn. :)
Thanks.
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