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By rick
via sitepoint.com
Published: Oct 15 2006 / 09:22

One often repeated piece of advice one sees across the internet is “Don’t store binary files in the database. Save a pointer to the file and keep it on the disk.” But I think there are a number of advantages to storing files in the database, especially for dynamic, data-driven sites.
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bloid replied ago:

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I don't agree with the backup point he makes, but his other points are well made :-)

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