I am working on a document server module using Java
and Oracle. I have to store files in the server. Each
file is available in 5 formats:
(a) HTML
(b) Text
(c) RTF
(d) PDF
(e) TIFF
Now I have never worked on such a problem. I am still
in the design phase.
I see 2 options
1. Store all the files in the database in binary and
use servlets technology to retrieve them.
2. Provide a temporarily created url to retrieve the
document using authentication
The first method keeps the server busy for the entire
process of download while the second adds an
authentication module and looks like a threat to
security.
If someone has some experience in this context or has
some innovative ideas kindly advise.