Re: Image storage questions

From: Noel <nobody(at)nowhere(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Image storage questions
Date: 2005-05-18 22:49:24
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:07:18 -0700, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com ("Joshua D.
Drake") wrote:

>Large Objects stream (for lack of a better term) to the client in 8k?
>chunks so it typically isn't too bad.

>Bytea gives you everything all at once which is fine for small objects.

Isn't there also a difference between the two in terms of the largest
amount of data they can handle?

>External storing is useful but I prefer LO because all my data (binary
>and meta) is all in the same place for management.

As well as ensuring data integrity, of course.

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