Which is more efficient? Why??
Storing or Reading a file in database or on to disk in a web server
environment? considering all things like network, connections, memory
are ideal.

I was trying to figure out how to connect an applet to a mysql
database.  I only found very old articles on it.  It seems no one does
this.  So, now I am stuck.  I want to write a game in an applet that
utilizes a database.  I don't want to use Flash and php, which I keep