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by Spooky23 3674 days ago
Sounds like you scoped it well. I see that as a similar use case to putting crypto keys or user pictures in LDAP.

Often folks doing this try to re-invent a content management system like FileNet in the DB.

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In our case, it was for storage of electronically signed documents. Really it was an HTML template (the same displayed to them) with the inputs replaced with the values they presented, converted to PDF, and attached to the account. A few pages of PDFs like that doesn't take much room, and ensuring there isn't a mixup with files and accounts when it's for regulatory compliance makes it well worth any downsides.