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b_w_johan
Regular
Posts: 56

Hey guys,
i was wondering have you ever tried the following method?
(this i've seen in Plone (some CMS) and i'm not sure if its smart or not..)
this is the situation:
Plone gets installed ... installs its own server and database (can work with apache and mysql but we couldn't really configure it to work thatway ;))
there is no wwwroot or something like that
its just the server; the plone isntallation files and a databse
you can download some module wich would be like this i guess http://www.meka-meka.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=276
so you can import zips with images wich are stored in the database....
okee thats the background info now comes the questions
What would be the handy part of not using files anymore ?
is it faster/smaller to store both text, image and design in database instead of .jpg .php and .css files ?
or is it just 'another' method ...
its i'm currently working on some mini CMS ...
and comparing methods so i'm like why are they storing everything in database without any seperate files
b_w_johan
Regular
Posts: 56

link to meka's post isn't what i thought it is i'm now reading that and its only showing filesize i thought it would open the file
also wondering how an images is stored in database then anyone knows how that works ? (can't open that database in plone ...)
Meka][Meka
Unstopable
Posts: 700

an image is stored as a 'blob'
b_w_johan
Regular
Posts: 56

ok and in youre opinion is this bettter then uploading the image itself to some directory or would it be exactly the same ??
Meka][Meka
Unstopable
Posts: 700

it is better to have pic in dir... putting image as a block in db jus comsumes database size, and therfore slowing the database down...