[LUNI] database question

[Steven Lembark]

-- Eric Michalsen <eric.michalsen at shapedwire.com>

> I built a document control system with php/mysql,
> where all the documents are links in the database.
> I have thought about inserting as blobs, but I wanted
> to keep it simple.
> of course it means I need two different backups,
> one for the database and one for the directory
> of files, but I'm willing to live with the small
> hasle for keeping the database small and quick.
> just a point of view...

One of the more effective and simple heirarchical
databases around that tends to be ignored for doc's
manglement is the *NIX file system. If you group
the doc's into sensable directories, and perhaps
add a .data file with other info, you can get by
without an RDBMS.

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