Image Archiving with postgres

Eddy D. Sanchez wrote:

Hello Everyone.

I want to scan a large quantity of books and documents and store these
like images, I want use postgres, anyone have experience with this kind
of systems, can you suggest me an opensource solution ??

Why do you want to use a database rather than just storing them as
files? What are the main advantages you're seeking?

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

On 28/06/2007 00:58, Eddy D. Sanchez wrote:

I want to scan a large quantity of books and documents and store these
like images, I want use postgres, anyone have experience with this kind
of systems, can you suggest me an opensource solution ??

There have been several lively discussions on this list in the last
eighteen months or so about storing binary files in a database vs
storing them in the filesystem - you may find it useful to have a look
through the archives.

Ray.

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