RE: Storing GIF's in MySQL

[Vivek Khera]

>>>>> "HL" == Howard Lin <howard.lin@stripped> writes:

HL> My personal opinion on the original philosophical debate is that your
HL> database is (usually) based on top of your file system.  So, if you can go
HL> from FILE SYSTEM -> HTTP OUTPUT, why put another layer to go from FILE
HL> SYSTEM -> DB -> HTTP OUTPUT?  I think someone mentioned that this way they
HL> don't have to worry about opening/closing files, but then don't you have to

Why not "fix" your database to understand HTTP requests and make it
DB->HTTP OUTPUT and bypass an external web server altogether?