Re: [PERFORM] Putting files into fields in a table

2007-12-13 Thread Campbell, Lance
13, 2007 2:22 PM To: Campbell, Lance Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org list Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Putting files into fields in a table On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:09 PM, Campbell, Lance wrote: > I did not see much info in the 8.2 documentation on BLOB. I did ready > about "bytea"

Re: [PERFORM] Putting files into fields in a table

2007-12-13 Thread Erik Jones
On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:09 PM, Campbell, Lance wrote: I did not see much info in the 8.2 documentation on BLOB. I did ready about "bytea" or binary data type. It seems like it would work for storing files. I guess I could stick with the OS for file storage but it is a pain. It would be easier

Re: [PERFORM] Putting files into fields in a table

2007-12-13 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Campbell, Lance wrote: > I did not see much info in the 8.2 documentation on BLOB. That's because we don't call them "blobs". Search for "large objects" instead: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/largeobjects.html -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.flickr.com/phot

Re: [PERFORM] Putting files into fields in a table

2007-12-13 Thread Campbell, Lance
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Putting files into fields in a table On 12/13/07, Campbell, Lance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking at the possibility of storing files in some of my database > tables. My concern is obviously performance. I have conf

Re: [PERFORM] Putting files into fields in a table

2007-12-13 Thread Alexander Staubo
On 12/13/07, Campbell, Lance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking at the possibility of storing files in some of my database > tables. My concern is obviously performance. I have configured PostgreSQL > to take advantage of Linux file caching. So my PostgreSQL does not have a > large settin

[PERFORM] Putting files into fields in a table

2007-12-13 Thread Campbell, Lance
PostgreSQL: 8.2 I am looking at the possibility of storing files in some of my database tables. My concern is obviously performance. I have configured PostgreSQL to take advantage of Linux file caching. So my PostgreSQL does not have a large setting for shared_buffers even though I have 24G of