Which is a better method for storing images - folder or SQL Server as binary?

Question

I am planning the development of a photo gallery application for a client. I am developing the app in asp.net 3.5 and would like to develop it so that I can re-use the applicati

Answer 1

SQL Server 2008 supports FILESTREAM storage.

The files are stored on an NTFS volume like plain files, but are subject to transaction control and can be accessed via special file names passed to Win32 API functions (and of course any API built upon it) with additional SQL Server security checks (like GRANT options etc).