Re: BLOB's BLOB's and Blob's

M4rkuz! wrote:
> Well I'm a newbie using blobs, so my question is how can I Use Blobs
> fields to storage images into a MaxDB DB, and what is better to
> storage a link to a file in disk or to storage the whole image into
> the Database

Advantages of storing files in the database:
- any locking is done by the database
- backups are always consistent (no need to coordinate filesystem 
backups and database backups)

Advantages of storing files in the file system:
- if your CMS is served to browsers, then serving files is alredy 
implemented by the webserver. When storing files in the database, you 
have to implement the details yourself (setting HTTP headers like 
Content-Size and MIME type, serving only parts)
- you could use a few tools that work only with filesystem like fulltext 
search or version control software

Daniel Dittmar

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