"sandhya" <sandhyar(at)amiindia(dot)co(dot)in> writes:
> But before that i need to know the size of the object from which i am =
> trying to get the contents.
> How can i do this?
Same way you'd do it for a Unix file: seek to the end, note the end
offset, seek back to the start and read.
... lo_open ...
lo_size = lo_lseek(conn, fd, 0, SEEK_END); // where's the end?
lo_lseek(conn, fd, 0, SEEK_SET); // go back to start
regards, tom lane