Dynamic image storing

Question

Hi guys,
i am going to be storing hundreds of user uploaded images,
and i was wondering which methode would be better, storing them
directly in a SQL database or in an image folder and then
automating a path name in a database field, i was starting to use
the file path methode put i am totally new to coding and all things
web-design and storing them in the database seems easier to
implement so i am exploring the options.
All advice apprieciated.
Cheers.

Answer 1

That would be an OK way to do it, as well.
I'm basing my answer on an assumption that such things are
usually within
REPEAT regions on the page, thus, there's only a single path
to change.
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"Ronnie MacGregor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:06:26 -0400
> Murray *ACE* said :
>
>> I'd save the image name in the database field, and
do
>> the path in the HTML on the page. That makes it much
easier if you ever
>> change a folder name. If the path were in the
database, you'd have to
>> change each record.
>
> Hmmmm .... but if the path is hard coded in HTML you
then have to change
> this
> in every page.
>
> Surely the way to do this is to store the location of
each image in two
> table
> fields, the image name, and a path ID.
>
> The path ID can then be resolved from a "lookup table"
eg. ImagePaths in
> order
> to construct the full path and file name for the image
concerned.
>
> Move a directory full of images and you only have one
table row entry to
> update
> to match the new location.
>
> This approach is also much more scaleable.
>
> --
> Ronnie MacGregor
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