Re: large object implementation

"Andy Samuel" <andysamuel(at)geocities(dot)com> writes:
> I wonder why all large objects is placed in one system table
> pg_largeobject ).

Why not? There's no tight limit on the size of a table.

> I just want to trow an idea, why not create a similiar table and added pglo
> ( something like pglo_tablename ).
> This way, the large objects will be spread in every table that has the blob
> type.

But large objects aren't blobs, if by blob you mean something that's
tied to a single table. There's not a way to associate a large object
with a particular table. Besides which, we already have TOAST, which
seems to do what you're thinking of.

regards, tom lane