On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Aaron Boodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Maciej Stachowiak > > > Open question: can a File be stored in a SQL database? If > > so, does the database store the data or a reference (such as a path or Mac > > OS X Alias)? > > There definitely needs to be a way to store Files locally. I don't > have a strong opinion as to whether this should be in the database, or > in DOMStorage, or in something new just for files.
A reference has the problem that the underlying file could be modified by an external program. I think once you save data into the SQL database, you should be able to count on it staying constant, and valid.
