Which Is Better? Storing Data In The Database OR Storing It In The File System
Dec 29, 2006
Hello there,
I just want to ask if storing data in dbase is much better than storing it in the file system? Because for one, i am currenlty developing my thesis which uploads a blob.doc file to a web server (currently i'm using the localhost of ASP.NET) then retrieves it from the local host
Also i want to know if im right at this, the localhost of ASP.NET is the same as the one of a natural web server on the net?
Because i'm just thinking of uploading and downloading the files from a web server. Although our thesis defense didn't require us to really upload it on the net, we were advised to use a localhost on our PC's. I'll be just using my local server
Is it ok to just use a web server for storing files than a database?
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Mar 5, 2007
I am looking for some microsoft recommendation on storing images in SQL Server Vs File System. Here is what our requirement is.
Currently we are using SQL Server 2000 with a VB6(COM+) & ASP front end. Our architecture involves Log Shipping & Replication. We use log shipping for our DR site and Replication to replicate to Datawarehouse & DB2 enviornment. I have been trying to research this topic and have come up with opinion favoring both sides mostly file system but nobody seems to point any Microsoft recommendation.
With our application we are looking for Transactions, backups, Log shipping & replication with these images. I have read MS implementation of TerraServer and there they recommend storing them in SQL Server if above is required. (https://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/reskit/part3/c1161.mspx?mfr=true)
Can somebody please point me to some Microsoft recommendation and what does SQL Server 2005 offers in this aspect.
Thanks
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The error I recieve is as follows:
"[Flat File Destination [13]] Error: Data conversion failed. The data conversion for column "SDATA" returned status value 4 and status text "Text was truncated or one or more characters had no match in the target code page.". "
"[Flat File Destination [13]] Error: Cannot copy or convert flat file data for column "SDATA". "
"[DTS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PROCESSINPUTFAILED. The ProcessInput method on component "Flat File Destination" (13) failed with error code 0xC02020A0. The identified component returned an error from the ProcessInput method. The error is specific to the component, but the error is fatal and will cause the Data Flow task to stop running. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure. "
"[DTS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_THREADFAILED. Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC02020A0. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the thread has exited. "
"[DataReader Source [207]] Error: The component "DataReader Source" (207) was unable to process the data. "
"[DTS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PRIMEOUTPUTFAILED. The PrimeOutput method on component "DataReader Source" (207) returned error code 0xC02090F5. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure. "
"[DTS.Pipeline] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_THREADFAILED. Thread "SourceThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0047038. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the thread has exited. "
I am selecting data from an OBDC then copying it to a text file an I always get this error, but when I change the destination to a excel file it works perfectly. But the whole point of the package is to copy to a text file.
Please could you help me, your replies will be greatly appreciated.
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Does anyone know whats wrong with my code?
~Nothing wrong with my code, code is correct!
I let it run and it keeps saying that the file does not exist. Seem as though, the path of my file doesn't exist! Any suggestions on how to program the path of my file so I can be able to retreive it such as open the file and access the file?
CODE:
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.Sql
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data.SqlTypes
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports System.Windows.Forms.Form
'<Assembly: PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, Name:="Local Intranet")>
'<Assembly: PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.RequestOptional, Unrestricted:=True)>
Public Class Form1
Inherits Form
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim SQL As String
Dim rawData() As Byte
Dim RowsAffected As Integer
Dim filename As String
filename = "H:My Documentsabc.pdf"
Try
If System.IO.File.Exists(filename) Then
Dim filePermission As New System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission(System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAccess.Read, System.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlActions.View, filename)
filePermission.Demand()
Else
MessageBox.Show("file does not exist", "File", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
End If
Dim fs As FileStream
fs = New FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
Dim FileSize = Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length)
rawData = New Byte(FileSize) {}
fs.Read(rawData, 0, FileSize)
SQL = String.Format("INSERT INTO test_file_save(FILE_ID, FILE_NAME, FILE_SIZE, CREATE_FILE) VALUES({0}, {1}, {2}, {3})", _
1, filename, FileSize, rawData)
Using Conn As New SqlConnection("server=1234;" _
& "uid=F_User;" _
& "pwd=password;" _
& "database=Database")
Using Cmd As New SqlCommand("sp_InsertPDF", Conn)
Cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
Cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@FILE_ID", 1))
Cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@FILE_NAME", filename))
Cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@FILE_SIZE", FileSize))
Cmd.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@CREATE_FILE", rawData))
fs.Close()
Conn.Open()
RowsAffected = Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
End Using
End Using
MessageBox.Show("File Inserted into database successfully!", _
"Success!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Asterisk)
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("There was an error: " & ex.Message, "Error", _
MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
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hi all...
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Code:
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Hello,
We have some queries that are long and intensive. We have thought about running the queries and storing the data in a text file for lookup from our website.
Example: Our online store only displays items that are in stock so when a user selects a category a query runs and grabs only items that are in stock and then displays them. There could be thousands of items the query needs to sort through before displaying the items that are in stock. What if we ran this query once every hours an stored the results in a txt file? The asp page would then go to the text file to grab the results instead of having to run the query every time a user selects a category. Will this speed up the site by not having to query every time? Would this be a correct way to eliminate queries that run thousands of times a day?
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CREATE TABLE [dbo].[blogs] (
[blog_title] [nvarchar] (500) ,
[blog_desc_full] [varchar] (8000) ,
[blogger_name] [nvarchar] (100) ,
[mailid] [nvarchar] (100) ,
[blogid] [numeric](10, 0) IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
[blog_desc] [nvarchar] (125) ,
[cat_name] [varchar] (100) ,
[b_url] [varchar] (250) ,
[b_date] [datetime] NULL ,
[author] [nvarchar] (250) ,
[approval] [char] (1)
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
using this script i have created my blog table.
and a procedure given below. i am using to insert data in it.
CREATE PROCEDURE SP_BlogAdd
@blog_title nvarchar(500),
@blog_desc_full varchar(8000),
@blogger_name nvarchar(100),
@mailid nvarchar(100),
@blog_desc nvarchar(125),
@cat_name varchar(100),
@b_url varchar(250),
@author nvarchar(250)
AS
INSERT INTO blogs(blog_title, blog_desc_full, blogger_name, mailid, blog_desc, cat_name, b_url,author)
VALUES(@blog_title ,@blog_desc_full ,@blogger_name,@mailid ,@blog_desc ,@cat_name ,@b_url,@author)
GO
now, the problem i m facing is.
i am using varchar datatype for [blog_desc_full] [varchar] (8000).
i want more than this size to store data in it.
please give me some detailed code.
i tried text datatype but i didnt succeed. how to use text datatype.
i replaced with text datatype.but in length i couldnt type. it shows only 16.
Please help me out.
regards,
ASIF
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Jul 16, 2006
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[blogs] (
[blog_title] [nvarchar] (500) ,
[blog_desc_full] [varchar] (8000) ,
[blogger_name] [nvarchar] (100) ,
[mailid] [nvarchar] (100) ,
[blogid] [numeric](10, 0) IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
[blog_desc] [nvarchar] (125) ,
[cat_name] [varchar] (100) ,
[b_url] [varchar] (250) ,
[b_date] [datetime] NULL ,
[author] [nvarchar] (250) ,
[approval] [char] (1)
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
using this script i have created my blog table.
and a procedure given below. i am using to insert data in it.
CREATE PROCEDURE SP_BlogAdd
@blog_title nvarchar(500),
@blog_desc_full varchar(8000),
@blogger_name nvarchar(100),
@mailid nvarchar(100),
@blog_desc nvarchar(125),
@cat_name varchar(100),
@b_url varchar(250),
@author nvarchar(250)
AS
INSERT INTO blogs(blog_title, blog_desc_full, blogger_name, mailid, blog_desc, cat_name, b_url,author)
VALUES(@blog_title ,@blog_desc_full ,@blogger_name,@mailid ,@blog_desc ,@cat_name ,@b_url,@author)
GO
now, the problem i m facing is.
i am using varchar datatype for [blog_desc_full] [varchar] (8000).
i want more than this size to store data in it.
please give me some detailed code.
i tried text datatype but i didnt succeed. how to use text datatype.
i replaced with text datatype.but in length i couldnt type. it shows only 16.
Please help me out.
regards,
ASIF
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