Broken Links...Re: To BLOB Or Not To BLOB - Mailing list pgsql-general

> Create enough "helper" programs to recover from
> broken links, and you're fine.
>
>     * CRC each file
>     * Use a 'find' program to parse directories and match file names.
>     * Check the CRC (md5sums would work nicely)
>     * Have a DB routine run periodically to find and fix broken links.


*OR* you could have a decently designed DBMS which allowed you to store your
BLOBs inside the database structure making it easier to store, retrieve,
backup, and manipulate them ;-)



- Andrew