Re: [INTERFACES] Large objects, why not use the filesystem?

>> Right. That would be a place where you couldn't use Matthew's
>> suggestion. But in my case my 'client' is, ultimately, a cgi.
>> And now I'm wondering, why am I not using files? I would hope
>> that postgres would be providing me with some kind of superior
>> performance than the file system. Infact, I've always assumed
>> it. But was I right to assume that? Are there benchmarks out
>> there?
>
>No benchmarks are needed. Large objects are stored one per file,
>therefore you will see the same preformance.

Ok, I've seen all the xinv* files, I understand that. But what
if the benefit of using large objects over files? If there isn't
superior performance then why do it?

Gregory W Burnham
Software Engineer
Excite Labs
Faculty Of Education
Simon Fraser University
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