On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Res <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing thats always puzzled me, why do we use BLOB for storing in > database? I mean its not like user prefs ie:'show_htm_default 1' and for > that mater every other setting (barring maybe the sig) is going > to be saved as a picture...
I don't know how it got like that, but I'm sure the original reason was one of size. I suppose LONGTEXT would work fine too.... maybe the thought was that you never know if some plugin will be storing some random binary data, so why not play it safe? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: [email protected] List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
