title: What is the best way to associate a file with a piece of data?
body: <p>I have an application that creates records in a table (rocket science, I know). Users want to associate files (.doc, .xls, .pdf, etc...) to a single record in the table. </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>Should I store the contents of the
  file(s) in the database? Wouldn't this
  bloat the database?</p></li>
  <li><p>Should I store the file(s) on a file 
  server, and store the path(s) in the 
  database?</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>What is the best way to do this?</p>