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Hi

I'm looking for some info on where the site images are stored. Are they stored in the database or are they just referenced in the database. I have just put a site together for a not for profit organization and it turned out that they only have a 2meg database. They still have some time until their hosting contract runs out.

I'm hoping that the images are stored seperatly otherwise I will have to find a different method for them to upload their images. Any ideas?

Cheers,

Richie

Images uploaded via the CMS are stored on the server and not in the database. By default they go in to the uploads/images folder

I don't know of any binary data that gets stored in the database but it's possible that some modules use the db.

So -  you should be all right with a 2Mb database, but.... it does depend on the size of your site and the number of modules you have installed.  I've just taken a look at a couple of databases here and a minimal instal of the CMSMS has a db size of about 100Kb, and most come in about 300Kb but I also have sites that are quite a bit larger.
The biggest one I've found so far is 3.2Mb - this site has about 135 pages but does have a few modules and different templates installed. 

You'll probably be ok as long as the site isn't huge and you keep it tidy....

s.