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Re: Image Database

May 2nd, 2008

It is generally more practical to save the path to the images in the database, rather than the images. This applies to any binary file. Let the OS file system take care of the files.

If you save the images in the database you have just doubled the disk space required to store the images. And what happens when an image is moved, renamed, or deleted?

Plus what is the point? The database can't search an image so why keep it in a database?

Last edited by trudge : May 2nd, 2008 at 5:35 am.

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