best small database?

[Paul Rubin]

Larry Bates <larry.bates at websafe.com> writes:
> As far as "rational extension" is concerned, I think I can relate.
> As a developer of imaging systems that store multiple-millions of
> scanned pieces of paper online for customers, I can promise you
> the file system is quite efficient at storing files (and that is
> what the OP asked for in the original post) and way better than
> storing in Oracle blobs.  Can you store them in the database,
> absolutely.  Is it efficient and manageable.  It has been our
> experience that it is not.  Ever tried to upgrade Oracle 9 to
> Oracle 10 with a Tb of blobs?

I keep hearing complaints about Oracle's blob handling and I don't
doubt they're true, but that sounds like an Oracle problem.  I haven't
had any problems using blobs in MySQL though I've been a fairly
lightweight user.