>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cui Shijun [mailto:rancpine@stripped]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:53 PM
>To: Ilya Kazakevich
>Cc: John G. Heim; mysql@stripped
>Subject: Re: how things get messed up
>
>Hello Ilya,
> I think store files in DB has no complicated reasons, just for
>convenience. For example, I might make files automatically be
>backup-ed, and no budget for an independent backup solution. Thanks.
> Cui
>
[JS] Storing BLOBs in a table must slow down the inner workings of the
database engine. After all, the tables are really disk files under the covers.
Can the database engine read only parts of a file record?
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