| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Paul A Vixie <vixie(at)mfnx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: how do i store \0 inside a text attribute? |
| Date: | 2001-01-02 03:45:41 |
| Message-ID: | 200101020345.WAA06118@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > See bytea, though its presentation format leaves something to be desired IMHO
> >
> > > how would someone be expected to store, say, a GIF image in a TOAST text?
> >
> > One would not. A TOASTed bytea is the appropriate column type.
>
> thanks -- that's EXACTLY what i needed.
>
bytea was not really used very much until people started asking to do
this kind of think.
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