I always used FILESYSTEM
blobs are a pain and they bloat the table size unnecessarily



>Hi Guys,
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>I came across a prospective client who needs to have their documents managed, i.e., stored centrally, accessed quickly via a search facility, viewed or downloaded or even printed.
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>The documents are of various types - tax returns, corporate papers, business permits etc - of 100 stores.
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>I am aware that this query has been asked before, but in your experiences, which is the way to go - store the documents (scanned as Jpegs or PDFs usually) - in BLOB columns? Or merely let them reside in the computer's File System?
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>In my readings, it seems these are two opposing views.
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>Your suggestions please!
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>Thanks.