Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes: > Yes. I think the appropriate problem statement is "provide streaming > access to large field values, as an alternative to just fetching/storing > the entire value at once". I see no good reason to import the entire > messy notion of LOBS/CLOBS. (The fact that other databases have done it > is not a good reason.)
Spent some time in the archive to confirm a certain “déjà vu” impression. Couldn't find it. Had to manually search in closed commit fests… but here we are, I think: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/patch_view?id=70 http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/17891.1246301...@sss.pgh.pa.us http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4a4bf87e.7010...@ak.jp.nec.com Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers