What is the best way to store product images in a separate table or in the same table in JSON?

Question

Programming

Actually the subject .. It seems like it’s more correct to store it in a separate table, but I can’t understand why this can be useful

Answer 1

For myself, in the end, I did not find any advantages in the JSON storage format.
I made a single table for pictures, and I link the necessary models through a polymorphic link.
Yes, this is 1 more query to the database, but it is easily cached.

Answer 2

There is an opinion that it is better to store pictures simply in the file system: access to them is faster and the DBMS will not strain due to unnecessary generation of network traffic.

Answer 3

This can be useful if you have one picture belonging to more than one product.