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Old 09-21-2010, 03:27 PM   #46
chaley
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Originally Posted by oldbwl View Post
I presume the database could easily hold the string for each file designating its place on the disk. My structure of choice would then be would be
The database can easily hold anything we want. The code that handles all path renaming, movement, and consistency management, while guaranteeing transaction semantics (try *very hard* to not lose data) is not at all easy.

The bottom line is that those of us who know how to make such a change don't care. If you care, then make the change and submit it. There is a good chance it would in incorporated if you can demonstrate that it works in all the corner cases.
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