Plain text in MySQL

[Anon]

What is the best way to store ASCII files in MySQL ??

[Anon]

if u want to store files, blob types are the best. be sure to add a field which stores the file-type.
note that files are different from plain text. a file is a file... if u want to just store text, then text type is ok. both the coloumn types require the same amount of disk space.

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nilesh.

[Anon]

So if I'm about to store ASCII files blob is the best way to do it ??