For the purposes I intend to incorporate, storing them outside of the database is definitely the way to go. I'm sure somebody stores files in their database however, I was just wondering if anybody had any insights as to when that'd be more feasible.

HTTP_POST_FILES is just PHP 4's $_FILES if I'm correct and isn't used at all on my installation. Either way, I was hoping to check the file size before the upload, not after. Thank you though.
-m