How to store articles or other large texts in a database

Question

I am currently in the process of designing myself a database driven website. The main reason is for learning purposes but I wont lie, there is a small amount of vanity incl

Answer 1

Depending on how you have arranged and installed everything, it can be hard to access outside files from remote clients that can access the DB just fine -- so why not save all of the XML into one TEXT field instead? You can refactor things to optimize that later if the DB engine can't handle that load well, but that's the easiest way to get started.