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What datatype is best for storing articles in SQL database?

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I'm creating a custom CMS for my site, and I'm going to store articles (Text and images per article) in a mysql database. what datatype is best suited for that task?




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  1. Tips For AllFebruary 10, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    You shouldn't try to store text and images in a single field, and in this circumstance you probably shouldn't store images in your database at all.

    The best solution for this would be to use some kind of markup system in your articles - at it's simplest this could be a filtered subset of html - that is stored as plain text in your database and then parsed in the browser in some way. Obviously if you use filtered html you would not need to write any special code to parse it, but taking this approach does raise possible security issues.

    Other options to investigate include Markdown (the system used by this site) as well as BBCode (mainly used by online forums), as well as many others.

    To summarise - don't store images and text in one field. Store text, and interpret that text to load images and other media in your articles as appropriate.

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  2. Tips For AllFebruary 10, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    Save the images as VARCHAR, but only the image name (and/or location, depending on how big is your cms), save the text as - TEXT.

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  3. Tips For AllFebruary 10, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    In my oppinion use text for articles, containing HTML characters, thats what i use. But there are many other things to consider. It depends on what content of your articles. In your images its up to you, you will just store the path of the picture, unless you plan to store the picture itself.

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  4. Tips For AllFebruary 10, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    Store images and text separately. Assuming you are trying to store the binary images in the database, I recommend storing images as a BLOB datatype and TEXT for the text.

    Don't use VARCHAR for article text because it does not dynamically expand past the size you make it.

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