How do you like to handle photos

"jsteinmann" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> What you're preferred way of handeling photos uploaded to the server?
> Although
> you upload an image to the database itself,

No, you never want to upload an image to a database - that would just cause
a lot of bloat to the db.

>I've always added the URL to where
> it can be found, and upload the image to a folder.

Yes, that is a much preferred way. I only store info in a db about the
image(s) or other file(s). I have one field that stores the path to the file
and another field that stores the filename. That way if I have to move the
file to another location, it's just a quick process to change the info in
the path field.

> What you're preferred way of handeling photos uploaded to the server?
> Although
> you upload an image to the database itself, I've always added the URL to
> where
> it can be found, and upload the image to a folder.

I've always heard that the second method (the one you use) is the best
and keeps from bogging down the db.