Re: [Cgi-session-user] database vs. file storage

[Mark S. <ma...@su...>]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 03:12:36PM +0200, Aton wrote:
> hello, all.
> i've read the POD on CPAN but it's still unclear to me what is the major 
> difference in the way i store the sessions. is database storage faster 
> then file or is it safer, why should one preffer db to files?

I prefer database storage. 

The rest of my application data is already in there. A database can have 
better security, because it has its own permission and authentication
system, while file-based sessions often end up owned by "nobody", which
other users on a shared system can access.

I'm not so concerned about "faster", since databse storage is "fast
enough". 

I think the only reason /not/ to use database storage is because the
database isn't be used for anything else. In that case, I would consider
file storage for simplicity.

    Mark

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