Is it right to save the base64 database in the database?

Question

I am developing an Android application where a user can send an image to my web service.

Currently, on my WebService, I get a Base64 string and save it in a table in my database.

My question is: Is this a good practice? Because, as far as I know, a Base64 string is a heavy string. My concern is for db performance, for example when this table gets more than 10000 ... 100000 records.
Or should I avoid this behavior?
For example: Isntead, in order to save the Base64 string in the database, I was able to restore the image and save only the URL in my db.

Ps: SqlServer database


Thanks for helping the guys

Answer 1

To answer your question, I think this is not a good practice.

It depends a lot on how you will use these images, which you are likely to upload. Then remember ( base64 encoding makes file sizes about 33% larger than their original binary representations ). The best way is to record the image and then save its location in the database.

Check this post as it may help.

Answer 2

, base64- URL- . .