Re: Bytea question

No, I need to store the entire file as received into the database.

Chris

On 4/11/07, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Chris Hoover escribió:
> > Hopefully a quick question.
> >
> > If I store a file into a bytea field, is there anyway for postgres to
> read
> > the contents of the file?
>
> When you say "store a file", do you mean "store a filename"?
>
> > Here is my scenario:
> >
> > Receive text file
> > insert file into bytea field
> > insert trigger fires
> > - read file contents
> > - post contents into production tables
> >
> > Is this at all possible, or am I going to need to store the original
> file
> > and store/pass the file contents?
>
>
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