Re: Images in Online database

>Can any one tell me if it is more efficient to store large amounts of small >images as BLOB type in the Online database or is better to store as numbered >files in the Unix file system and use the database on as a lookup tool. The best way seems to be to concatenate the images together, keeping track of offset & length into the master file, then compress & store as a single BLOB. Bill Williams E-Mail: bwilliam@jaxnet.com Flames: nobody@nowhere.com -or- redirect to /dev/null +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Disclaimer: My views, opinions, and judgments are my own. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Free scientific inquiry" is a redundancy. | | "Free governmental inquiry" is self-contradictory. | | | | Be sure to read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. It's the world's | | greatest novel, rated #2 of those books readers said had the | | most impact on their lives (NY Times readership poll)! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+