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Please elaborate. If I want to know the pros/cons of storing images in a database, vs. (say) storing only the links to images in the database, what more specifi

by genwin 14y ago

Please elaborate. If I want to know the pros/cons of storing images in a database, vs. (say) storing only the links to images in the database, what more specific question should I look for? How is that question too general or vague? Apparently at least 400 people thought it was reasonable, than thought it was unreasonable. 50+ people thought it was reasonable enough to respond to.

recursive 14y ago
It doesn't have a specific verifiable answer. It's an invitation to discussion.
- genwin 14y ago
  That seems to be the consensus here. I disagree with it. A clear invitation to discussion would be "What would you do?" not "What are the pros/cons?". There are plenty of valuable programming questions I can think of that can possibly devolve to some level of discussion. Banning all such questions greatly degrades the site and makes me not want to ask any questions there. If I ask "What is the function parameter in this particular language that I use to do this particular thing?" there could still be differing opinions and so the question could be locked.
icebraining 14y ago
Here: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/105191/what-are-the-best-tips-for-storing-images-in-a-database http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/105191/what-a...
- genwin 14y ago
  Thanks. There seems to be plenty of overlap between that site's purpose and SO's purpose as described here: http://stackoverflow.com/faq http://stackoverflow.com/faq
Spooky23 14y ago
That's like asking "What is the best way to drink milk"? In the case of milk, circumstances matter. Is the person drinking the milk an infant? Lactose intolerant? Travelling? Going on a 1-week camping expedition? On a diet? Diebetic? The details are key to the question. If you answered the question "In a glass with chocolate chip cookies on the side", the parent of an infant following that advice would have a baby vomiting everywhere because they cannot digest milk protein. The database question is similar. Are you storing favicons or 10MB RAW files? Is the database an archive with low traffic or the next Flickr? What database platform are you using? What resources are available to the questioner?

by genwin 14y ago

recursive 14y ago

It doesn't have a specific verifiable answer. It's an invitation to discussion.

genwin 14y ago
That seems to be the consensus here. I disagree with it. A clear invitation to discussion would be "What would you do?" not "What are the pros/cons?". There are plenty of valuable programming questions I can think of that can possibly devolve to some level of discussion. Banning all such questions greatly degrades the site and makes me not want to ask any questions there. If I ask "What is the function parameter in this particular language that I use to do this particular thing?" there could still be differing opinions and so the question could be locked.

icebraining 14y ago

Here: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/105191/what-are-the-best-tips-for-storing-images-in-a-database http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/105191/what-a...

genwin 14y ago
Thanks. There seems to be plenty of overlap between that site's purpose and SO's purpose as described here: http://stackoverflow.com/faq http://stackoverflow.com/faq

Spooky23 14y ago

That's like asking "What is the best way to drink milk"? In the case of milk, circumstances matter. Is the person drinking the milk an infant? Lactose intolerant? Travelling? Going on a 1-week camping expedition? On a diet? Diebetic? The details are key to the question. If you answered the question "In a glass with chocolate chip cookies on the side", the parent of an infant following that advice would have a baby vomiting everywhere because they cannot digest milk protein. The database question is similar. Are you storing favicons or 10MB RAW files? Is the database an archive with low traffic or the next Flickr? What database platform are you using? What resources are available to the questioner?