Gossamer Forum
Home : Products : Gossamer Links : Development, Plugins and Globals :

Re: [Anton_P] Adding field to Links table

Quote Reply
Re: [Anton_P] Adding field to Links table In reply to
Hi,



I do not think that storing files in a database is a good idea, even if you only have a small amount. Why don't you just store the path to where the image file is saved on your server. That way you will be able to display it just the same way as if it was saved directly in your database. When you do a DUMP (back up) you just need to save your files outside of the database as well. I am currently working on a database that has over 7000 jpgs with 7000 thumbnails and the Mysql Dump is only 3.5 mega. Off course the images take up a lot of space outside the database, but at least the database size stays low.

Just my own experience... Good luck.
Subject Author Views Date
Thread Adding field to Links table Anton_P 3601 Aug 12, 2002, 11:15 PM
Thread Re: [Anton_P] Adding field to Links table
yogi 3459 Aug 13, 2002, 1:47 AM
Thread Re: [yogi] Adding field to Links table
Anton_P 3444 Aug 13, 2002, 2:09 AM
Thread Re: [Anton_P] Adding field to Links table
yogi 3455 Aug 13, 2002, 2:11 AM
Thread Re: [yogi] Adding field to Links table
Anton_P 3434 Aug 13, 2002, 2:16 AM
Thread Re: [Anton_P] Adding field to Links table
nt6 3446 Aug 13, 2002, 2:23 AM
Post Re: [nt6] Adding field to Links table
Anton_P 3428 Aug 13, 2002, 2:31 AM