13 messages in com.mysql.lists.win32Re: Storing Binary Content
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Alain Fontaine25 Oct 1999 12:56 
Brian Andrews25 Oct 1999 13:01 
William Kerber25 Oct 1999 20:13 
William Kerber25 Oct 1999 20:14 
Tonu Samuel25 Oct 1999 21:50 
Tonu Samuel25 Oct 1999 21:52 
Tim Endres25 Oct 1999 21:55 
Tonu Samuel25 Oct 1999 22:03 
Tim Endres25 Oct 1999 22:20 
Bob Kline26 Oct 1999 02:59 
Bob Kline26 Oct 1999 03:02 
Sinisa Milivojevic26 Oct 1999 04:28 
Michael Widenius13 Nov 1999 03:59 
Subject:Re: Storing Binary Content
From:Tonu Samuel (to@mysql.com)
Date:10/25/1999 10:03:51 PM
List:com.mysql.lists.win32

Tim Endres wrote:

This depends. Yes MySQL supports binary fields but in case of images/audio/etc I suggest to use only names to store. I can't see any real advantages of putting them into SQL database.

I beg to differ on this point. There are good reasons to want to place your media, or other substantial binary data, in the database. As far

What the reasons are?

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