Re: data type to store a lot of text and tables of data

From: Karina Guardado <kguardado(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: rod(at)iol(dot)ie
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: data type to store a lot of text and tables of data
Date: 2010-03-24 22:39:25
Message-ID: 4a92b0c31003241539i69266a2q6c0bbfd620861ac2@mail.gmail.com
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You know I need to design a table where some attributes have a data type
that allow me to store text mixed with tables and other information. I use
PHP code to get the information and store it in to the database so I wonder
if this is posible to do. I found in the link you provided me that If
character varying is used without length specifier, the type accepts strings
of any size. So this is useful for me when only text has to be stored but
when the user wants to store information mixed with tables like the
following :

Reciba un respetuoso saludo y deseo de éxitos en sus actividades. El motivo
de la presente es para solicitarle se realice una corrección en el plan de
mantenimiento preventivo y correctivo de fotocopiadoras, duplicadores e
impresoras debido a que en el Centro de Cómputo aparecen, según el reporte,
4 impresoras asignadas y en realidad solamente tenemos dos que son las que
detallo a continuación:

Impresora

Marca

Modelo

No. De Inventario

Observaciones

X

HP

LaserJet 1300

12040-3701-080-0005

Si aparece en el listado.

X

HP

LaserJet 3055

12040-0603-080-0002

No aparece en el listado

I hope this help,

thanks a lot,

karina

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> wrote:

> On 24/03/2010 22:01, Karina Guardado wrote:
>
> > what should be the data type to store a file that can be xls, doc, pdf
> > for example.
>
> Sorry, I missed this bit - for binary files you can use the bytea type.
> Look under "Binary data types" in the docs.
>
> Ray.
>
>
> --
> Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
> rod(at)iol(dot)ie
>

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