Are there any performance issues or caveats with resource (.resx) files?

Question

Resource files seem great for localization of labels and messages, but are they perfect?

For example:

1. Is there a better solution if there is a huge amo

Answer 1

I will simply add that you should look for custom implementations (or do you own) of the resource provider (provider model like the membership provider) to store your resources in a database. That's what we did for our CMS, and it's very useful.

When we first looked for an example back then we found Creating a Data Driven ASP.NET Localization Resource Provider and Editor.