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using DB to store text
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Name: wanderer
Date: November 1, 2005 at 11:05:18 Pacific
Subject: using DB to store textOS: naCPU/Ram: na |
Comment: What are the consequences of storing large amounts of text in a DataBase? Instead of contracting a programmer to create questionares the company is using provided text fields in the database to pasted updated notes from Word into the DB. I don't have a good feeling about this and can see text bloat effecting the database. Your thoughts? Golly gee wilerkers everyone. Learn to Internet Search
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Name: wizard-fred
Date: November 1, 2005 at 13:26:54 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Potentially a big waste of space. Unless records are small and multiple records are useable by a single entry.
How are you locating the answers to your questions? A text search is highly inefficient. You could probably find a template for a questionare. If you want comments a linked text file.
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