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From: Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: John Huttley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>the one thing i miss is the ability to determine a lo's size (
>hinthintnudgenudgewinkwink ).
Here's a snippet of code
lo_lseek(cntl.conn, lo_fax,0, SEEK_END);
length = lo_tell(cntl.conn,lo_f
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, John Huttley wrote:
>
> You just haven't met the right application yet.
>
> in the manual there is a discussion on other methods that were previosly
> used.
>
> The PG system is good, with minor limitations in the lo* API.
>
> I'm busy writing a faxserver application whe
At 08:31 +0300 on 30/07/1999, John Huttley wrote:
> I'm busy writing a faxserver application where all the fax page data is
> stored as a blob.
>
> Its just so easy to use...
How will you be backing it up? pg_dump never dumped large objects.
IMO, if you need a specialized backup script, plus a
You just haven't met the right application yet.
in the manual there is a discussion on other methods that were previosly
used.
The PG system is good, with minor limitations in the lo* API.
I'm busy writing a faxserver application where all the fax page data is
stored as a blob.
Its just so e
I have never understood why people would store binary data in an SQL
database. Am I missing something?
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Howie wrote:
>
> im in the process of converting a client from mysql to postgres. this
> client has been storing images ( jpegs, gifs ) in their mysql database in
> a B
im in the process of converting a client from mysql to postgres. this
client has been storing images ( jpegs, gifs ) in their mysql database in
a BLOB field. the image is then shown to their staff via the web. oddly
enough, no, its not porn.
so, in the process of doing all these massive impor
