[Typo3-dev] thougts of TYPO3 imagefunction and short MD5 Hash

[Leendert Brouwer [Netcreators]]

> Beside: I just think of using blob fields for media storage. I will not
> say that it is better, but I would like to hear your oppinion, why using
> the temp folder and no database for "chaching" the images. Thanks.

Hi Daniel,

Storing and occasionally updating binary data in a database has some
disadvantages over a filesystem. I wrote a little about these disadvantages
here:
http://www.php-mag.net/itr/online_artikel/psecom,id,502,nodeid,114.html
(section "avoiding BLOBs")