Re: Store / Retrieve image files

From: Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>
To: "chris(dot)gamble(at)CPBINC(dot)com" <chris(dot)gamble(at)CPBINC(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Store / Retrieve image files
Date: 2002-06-14 18:43:06
Message-ID: 20020614144306.766666a5.nconway@klamath.dyndns.org
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On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:19:03 -0500
"chris(dot)gamble(at)CPBINC(dot)com" <chris(dot)gamble(at)CPBINC(dot)com> wrote:
> I am working on a postgres project that will require me to deal with a lot
> of image files as part of the data. Does postgres handle storing and
> retrieving this type of file efficiently? Does anyone have experience or
> special knowledge on this topic?

BYTEA fields or large objects should both work.

BYTEA: http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/datatype-binary.html

LOs: http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/largeobjects.html

Cheers,

Neil

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Neil Conway <neilconway(at)rogers(dot)com>
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