Store images on database or filesystem?

[eluser]slowgary[/eluser]
I agree with you trs, I've just always (wrongly) tried to avoid using a table if I don't need to, thinking about performance. I do realize the error of this line of thought, it's just sometimes hard to get rid of. In this case, since after a database query I still need to read the images from the file system, I was just trying to think of a clever way to avoid the database and go directly to the file system but there are a bunch of good reasons to use the table (less code, probably faster anyways, no hole in sequence, etc.).

I just though I'd see if the smart community here had any magic weapons for what I'm doing. Thanks for the info guys.