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[Kevin C. Smith]

On 10/08/2011 07:01 PM, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> Any thoughts on the subject of storing binary data in an
> RDB (PostgreSQL in this case)?
> 
> I need to implement some simple document storage in my webapp, but I'm
> reluctant to put binary data in the DB. I don't yet have a rational
> explanation for my reluctance. My first thought is to use
> the file-system and put a pointer to the correct file in the DB.
> During the last Pyowa meeting I spoke with people who use MongoDB
> for this purpose.

By this purpose I meant they use MongoDB for storing binary data,
not pointing to a file on the file-system.


-- 
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as
though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco

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