Re: Storing images as BYTEA or large objects

From: Koen Vermeer <koen(at)vermeer(dot)tv>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Storing images as BYTEA or large objects
Date: 2008-02-13 19:53:49
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Op woensdag 13-02-2008 om 10:45 uur [tijdzone -0300], schreef Alvaro
Herrera:
> > Instead of base64 encoding, I guess it would be easier to just escape
> > the required bytes and store them in a bytea.
> Actually, if you have access to the pqExecParams() call, you can pass
> the bytes to a bytea column unescaped, which AFAIK saves some processing
> on both the client and server.
> To get the bytes back unescaped, I think you could use a binary cursor.

I'll check to see what the options are for reading in the data in PHP.
Thanks for the help!

Best,
Koen

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