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This group has been rather silent for a while. So, I thought that I
would liven things up a bit with an online debate.

Joking aside, I am going to be added the ability to load images of the
various objects in the web application (e.g. employee photo). While I
could use a BLOB to store the image in the database, I’m more inclined
to use the file system. What do you think?


Don Griffing www.firstdegreesolutions.com

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Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:05 pm

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This group has been rather silent for a while. So, I thought that I would liven things up a bit with an online debate. Joking aside, I am going to be added...
Don Griffing
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Oct 17, 2005
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What's to debate? You should create an abstraction of image loading so it doesn't matter how files are stored. Decouple page creation from from image storage...
Richard Hansen
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Oct 17, 2005
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I agree that proper abstraction makes the storage of the image irrelevant. However, there needs to be an initial implementation. I was hoping to use this...
Don Griffing
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Oct 18, 2005
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My two cents... In terms of implementing the persistence, you should consider the access pattern. For example, if there is the possibility of multiple...
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Oct 18, 2005
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Don: I looked something akin to this a few years ago for storing pictures of commercial properties I obtain each year for every one of our loans. The quantity...
Steph Thompson
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Oct 20, 2005
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