If resource permits, definitely use the DB. A plain text file is hard to "use" (unless writing a shit load of perl or whatever just to digest the file is within your definition of easy); a DB, OTOH, ...

When Socrates reportedly said the “unexamined life is not worth living,” the Greek philosopher didn’t imagine the modern internet with its seemingly unlimited ability to absorb data. Every mouse click ...

What do you do when you can't avoid huge transaction logs in SharePoint and your files are too large? Last month, I wrote about how to avoid having ginormous transaction logs within SharePoint ...