Large Text and Images In SQL

Question

Is it a good idea to store large amounts of text (eg html pages) inside your SQL database? Or is it a better idea to store it as html files in the filesystem?

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Answer 1

It was one of my dilemmas when I used to program PHP. Storing images like blobs in the database can make easier to manage security and permissions, but it's costly. I always used to store some metadata on the database and the binary contents on the filesystem. Access to images was not direct () but was provided by PHP scripts that checked the user authentication and authorizations through sessions before showing the image (). I suggest you to do so (whatever kind of application you're working at).