Re: PDF files: to store in database or not

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PDF files: to store in database or not
Date: 2016-12-06 18:34:06
Message-ID: 0788b455-6d61-a70c-6d36-5ad424056483@commandprompt.com
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On 12/06/2016 10:30 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:

> My thinking is to not store these documents in the database, but to store
> them in subdirectories outside the database.
>
> Your thoughts?

Due to the widely variable size of a PDF document, I would say no. I
would store the metadata and file location.

Sincerely,

JD

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> Rich
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