[wp-hackers] file upload: why actual files?

[Michael Leuchtenburg]

Is there a design reason for Wordpress to upload files to a directory, 
rather than putting them in the database? It seems to me that it would 
make more sense to put them in the database, possibly associated with 
individual posts. This would remove the need to have that directory 
writable by the user the webserver is running as, it would remove the 
need to rename files, and it would reduce the number of places data 
needed to backup/recreate a weblog can be in.

I am thinking of implementing this. I would do it in a way that can run 
alongside the current code, switched by an option in the admin dialog.

Any thoughts?

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