the information that is used to describe an object that is "binary" in format. (This is taken from libraries, where they must describe a book, cd, etc. in such a way that we, as normal humans, can find what we are looking for :) ) Metadata in our sense, is that information which would describe our image so that we may search for it... accurately :) (BTW, XML is an increasingly popular way of doing just this)Again, that is what metadata is for :)I take no stand point for either side, but from a puristic relational stand point, binary contents has nothing, what so ever, to in the RDBMS.
What do you refer to as meta data in this context?
I actually agree with you on the point that most images should be stored on the filesystem, (and the person that started this thread should probably do that as well). My only point was that databases _can_ be used as storage/delivery devices in special situations in which the speed of delivery is outweighed by other factors.
thanks :) speeves cws
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