Re: Storing Large Objects - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From brew@theMode.com
Subject Re: Storing Large Objects
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.58.0504182039330.13453@themode.com
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In response to Re: Storing Large Objects  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
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Bruno....

> Why not put the files somewhere where only the application can get at
> them instead of under the document root. That way they have to
> compromise your application to get at them. No amount of url guessing
> will give direct access.

Great idea.  That's what I will do, no need to complicate my life (and
server) by storing the files as large objects in the database.  It looks
like php's readfile function will do the job nicely.

Thanks Bruno!

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