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What datatype should be used to store a text message?
To store text we use a STRING data type.
Should I store files in database or filesystem?
While Files system accessing a file is quite simple and light weight. Saving the files and downloading them in the file system is much simpler than database since a simple Save as function will help you out. Downloading can be done by addressing an URL with the location of the saved file.
What data type is used for words?
String and text types A string, which is a sequence of characters. Strings are typically used to represent words and text, although text in all but the most trivial cases involves much more than a sequence of characters.
Can we store a file in mysql?
In general, the contents of a file are stored under Clob (TINYTEXT, TEXT, MEDIUMTEXT, LONGTEXT) datatype in MySQL database. JDBC provides support for the Clob datatype, to store the contents of a file in to a table in a database. Whenever you need to send very large text value you can use this method.
Is it good practice to store large files in a database?
But storing the data in the database does relieve you from dealing with other problems, e.g. where should the files be stored, how should they be backed up, etc.
How to store large texts in a database?
Store everthing in one big text field as Alex suggested. For searching, don’t hammer your database, use Lucene, or htdig to create an index of your output. This way searches are very fast.
Where are the text, bigtext, LongText data types created?
The TEXT, BIGTEXT, LONGTEXT and others data types fields were created in order to store large amount of text (64 Kbytes to 4 Gbytes depending of the RDBMS). They just create a binary pointer to locate the text in the database and it is not stored directly in the table.
Which is column data type should I use for storing large amounts of data?
I used TEXT datatype in MYSQL to store the content of the textarea given by user input. Today I give a large text (112KB) in the textarea to store in DB. and it breaks. For me I have to switch to the MEDIUMTEXT. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow!