I too do that, in a different context, and it's fine. Databases have problems with big items, but images aren't big in that sense nowadays. The problems relate

I too do that, in a different context, and it's fine. Databases have problems with big items, but images aren't big in that sense nowadays. The problems relate mostly to backups/copies/reloads, that kind of thing, and copying an image doesn't cause anything to hiccup. A transaction that transferred 1MB over a modem line was a problem, that could block other commits for a long time, on today's networks 1MB doesn't take long.