Best Practice With File attachment and Database

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Hi,

I am converting a access 2007 database to a asp.net + sql server 2008
database.
We are using the hyper link type field in access 2007.

What is the best practice to upload a file to a server and keeping track of it in a sql server 2008 for future download or view for picture?

Thanks

Posted 19-Apr-10 1:56am

kamarchand

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Not Active · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-19T03:00:00

There isn't really a best practice for this, it depends on a number of factors. What size are the files? Is it necessary to keep everything together? Do you need caching?

If the files are small, then storing them in the database may not be bad. If the files are going to be accessed frequently, such as images, then storing them on a server and storing the path in the database would be better. If you need to transport the application to different machines, then having everything in the database is easier to keep track of then many files.