Bill, That is a very good question. There are several reasons. Most of them have to do with security. Some server installations are locked down so tight that getting permission to write to a directory on the server from an app that does not reside on the server is problematic, even within a server farm. Transferring a file over the internet securely requires a secure communication channel. SSL or VPN, etc. With a pure database implementation, the app just needs the address and logon for the database server. Nothing else. FrontBase and OpenBase provide proprietary secure communications between their drivers and the database itself. All traffic is encrypted. Easy and safe. No coding or special setup required. The same setup works for any platform. It's unbelievable how handy this is.
There are other reasons, but it is Sunday night here and I think I'm done thinking. -- Alex Adams hawkVision tools for solving Wicked Problems (a)2 Technology Partners, Inc. 831-726-8013 [email protected] www.a2technology.com www.promisstudio.com universalconnector.wordpress.com > From: Bill Marriott <[email protected]> > Reply-To: How to use Revolution <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:10:11 -0500 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Who's using what dbs? > > Alex, > >> I have had problems with MySQL and large BLOBs. > > Why use large BLOBs, as opposed to keeping them external to the DB and > storing merely a reference to same? > > - Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
