Hi Steve & *: Based on my experience, not only for MySQL, but any Database, I think it's better to keep just links to images instead of keep them in the database.
Some of the reasons are, for example, when you need to update an image, you don't need to touch the database, only change the file. Another one would be if you try to move to another Database and it does not support those types, then you won't be able to keep your images in the database. One more... In a heavy traffic site or environment it would be faster and more efficient to serve the images directly from the file system than from the database having several users connected at the same time. Anyway, there is not a solution that is better than the other. It all depends on what you want to do, how you want to do it, and the environment, specifications and resources that you have. Regards, -- Luis R. Sales Glez. Database Administrator Information Systems & Solutions Sony Latin America Inc. Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
