[!--quoteo(post=361120:date=Apr 3 2006, 02:28 AM:name=txmedic03)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(txmedic03 @ Apr 3 2006, 02:28 AM) [snapback]361120[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] Now for your question, here's my concept. I say go with the MySQL database and store the PDF files in the database when you call them have a page that sends the PDF content type header and the actual content of the PDF rather than generating the PDF from some source everytime the user tries to access it. You said you already have a code that generates PDFs a couple times a month so just change it to store the generated code in the database instead of writing files. I have to ask though, why are you specifically using PDF files? That last bit is just for my own personal curiosity. If I understand your goal better I may be able to provide more focused ideas and possibly some tips and tricks. [/quote] Well, we are printing pay stubs and would like to stop printing the pay stubs. Instead, I would like to have a PDF version of the same old pay stub (with the program we use, we just redirect the output from a printer to a PDF). So, I'd like to use PDF's because then the user can view, print, download, and we never have to store any of the sensistive information on the server in a database. Instead, it is just stored in static PDF files that hopefully is a little more secure. Thanks for the ideas so far!