I've stored millions of images/files in mysql with minimal performance
hit, performance loss is mostly based on your storage implementation.

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On 10/11/06, Greg Donald <gdonald@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/10/06, Rodney Courtis <rcourtis@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> > I want to store jpeg images in a mysql database from php in the form of 'blob' types.
> > Is this possible and can you detail for me the steps to achieve this?
>
> For a nice size performance hit, yup:
>
> http://www.zend.com/zend/trick/trick...1&anc=0&view=1
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