On Wednesday May 18 2005 2:57 pm, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > What api/language are you using?  Is this possible to do
> > through DBI?  If you don't use lo_import/lo_export, how do
> > you insert/retrieve images?  Pointers to docs are welcomed!
>
> I have done it via PHP and I can definately insert with perl
> remotely (although I don't recall ever exporting):

I see DBD::Pg has an entire API for lo objects.  Gee, I've only 
been using that interface for 6 years without having noticed 
that.  Thanks!

Can you or anyone share your experiences with using blobs as 
opposed to bytea or storing externally?  I'm particularly 
interested to know if loading a large number of images is going 
to crowd my DB cache?

Ed

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