KISS Keep It Simple Sam Thats my moto when it comes to computers. The darn things are complicated enough. Sam. David Phillips wrote: >Matt Murphy writes: > > >>Ack, now I see what you were doing... Store your files in a >>database!!! >> >> > >That is a horrible idea. File systems work very well for storing files >(what a surprise). The trend of "stick everything into a database just >because we can" is counterproductive. There are times when storing files in >a database is the right solution, but this certainly isn't one of them. > >I think this entire incident is a great example of using the wrong tool for >the job. The OP is using PHP simply to include a few pages together. SSI >would be faster, more secure and have a clean URL structure that is >indexable by more search engines. It also has the advantage that the page >layout is not determined by the linking URL (which is quite silly). > >In general, think simple. In most cases, you don't get a better solution >than the simplest solution unless you go with a really complicated solution. >And in almost all cases the complicated solution is not worth it. > >Remember this quote by Albert Einstein: Everything should be made as simple >as possible, but not simpler. > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list