Re: To store and retrive image data in postgresql

Hi,

Craig Ringer wrote:
> Brent Wood wrote:
...
>> I need to store
>> an image in postgresql database and after that i need to retrive the
>> image back.Can you please help me how to do this?

...
> - Storing image data in the DB is probably much less efficient in
> storage space and for access; and
> - You face possible MVCC bloat with image data when storing in the
> DB, so careful management would be needed

>
> The first really cool MS-SQL feature I've heard about relates to this.
> NTFS now has transaction support. I'm pretty sure I remember hearing

*snip*

In that case, would that MVCC bloat not just transferred to the
filesystem? Large objects should currently give you pretty much
the same results without plug for MS-SQL :-)
And in most cases bytea as mentioned elsewhere are not so bad either
(especially for p*m-Images :-)

Cheers
Tino