Space Required to store a file in database

hi,

I had a query on sql database, we know we usually store files of

different type in sql database and its helpful for searching and

retrieving the documents from the database, but one query i had was

related to the amount of space required to store the files in the

database. For Eg., say i have a word document which is of 5Mb thn how

much space does it occupy in the database if i store it in binary
format

b'coz i know it'll occupy less than the original file size but i
wanted

to knw exactly how much space it'll take in the database and y?

my mail-id is apondu@gmail.com, if someone knows the answer then
please

let me know

Thanks for the response and help people here are providing

Regards,
Govardhan.

Re: Space Required to store a file in database

apondu (apondu@gmail.com) writes:
> I had a query on sql database, we know we usually store files of
> different type in sql database and its helpful for searching and
> retrieving the documents from the database, but one query i had was
> related to the amount of space required to store the files in the
> database. For Eg., say i have a word document which is of 5Mb thn how
> much space does it occupy in the database if i store it in binary format
> b'coz i know it'll occupy less than the original file size but i wanted
> to knw exactly how much space it'll take in the database and y?

If the word document is 5MB on disk, it will take up 5MB in the database
plus some over head that I would expect to be small, at most 1%. The only
way you can make it take up less then 5MB is to compress it before you store
it.



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