Re: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Justin French
on 21/08/02 9:45 PM, Scott Houseman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Which way would be the most efficient/fastest to access images from an image library. A) Store image files in a hash directory structure AND storing each file's information in a mysql table OR B) Storing image information in

RE: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Scott Houseman
of doing this? Cheers -Scott -Original Message- From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 August 2002 03:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP General Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library on 21/08/02 9:45 PM, Scott Houseman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Which way would

RE: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Michael Hazelden
if that helps - but I thought I'd share my experience. Michael. -Original Message- From: Scott Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 August 2002 14:39 To: Justin French; PHP General Subject: RE: [PHP] Image library Hi all. This confirms what I suspected. The hash algrithm: I have

Re: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Bogdan Stancescu
way of doing this? Cheers -Scott -Original Message- From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 August 2002 03:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP General Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library on 21/08/02 9:45 PM, Scott Houseman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Which way would

Re: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread DL Neil
Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library on 21/08/02 9:45 PM, Scott Houseman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Which way would be the most efficient/fastest to access images from an image library. A) Store image files in a hash directory structure AND storing each file's information

RE: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Scott Houseman
in the filesystem, or not so? Thanks for your input. Regards -Scott -Original Message- From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 August 2002 04:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bogdan Stancescu Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library Scott (confirming Bogdan), Libraries of all types

Re: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread DL Neil
: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 August 2002 04:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bogdan Stancescu Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library Scott (confirming Bogdan), Libraries of all types have had this concern for years - even though books are uniquely identified by ISBN

RE: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] ... but surely one should store files across directories, as 1 images in a single directory might slow down access to those images in the filesystem, or not so? [/snip] Not really. The server really does not care where the files are and no performance would be lost. Jay

Re: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 22 August 2002 00:35, Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] ... but surely one should store files across directories, as 1 images in a single directory might slow down access to those images in the filesystem, or not so? [/snip] Not really. The server really does not care where the

Re: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread DL Neil
Having a large number of files in a single directory does affect performance, the degree of which depends on the filesystem. This is generally accepted wisdom for dealing with large numbers of files - but what number is considered large? Any rules of thumb, for different OpSys/file systems?

RE: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Having a large number of files in a single directory does affect performance, the degree of which depends on the filesystem. This is generally accepted wisdom for dealing with large numbers of files - but what number is considered large? Any rules of thumb, for different OpSys/file

Re: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Justin French
-Original Message- From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 August 2002 04:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bogdan Stancescu Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library Scott (confirming Bogdan), Libraries of all types have had this concern for years - even though books are uniquely

Re: [PHP] Image library

2002-08-21 Thread Bogdan Stancescu
-Scott -Original Message- From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 August 2002 04:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bogdan Stancescu Subject: Re: [PHP] Image library Scott (confirming Bogdan), Libraries of all types have had this concern for years - even though books are uniquely identified