Re: How do I manage PDF file

From: Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb(at)eskimo(dot)com>
To: Terence Ng <ngterry2000(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)hk>
Cc: pgsql <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How do I manage PDF file
Date: 2003-07-23 14:20:21
Message-ID: Pine.GSU.4.44.0307230718540.27487-100000@eskimo.com
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You can store them in the filesystem or in PostgreSQL. In PostgreSQL, you
can either store them as BLOBs or bytea columns. I prefer bytea columns
for numerous reasons. The only reason I can think of to use a BLOB is if
you only want to return _part_ of the file.

Jon

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] Terence Ng wrote:

> Hi,
>
> For a catalogue, one or more products are described by
> a PDF file regarding to the specification of the
> products. And there are many files.
>
> How should I manage these PDF files? Could I store
> these files to PostgreSQL or I can only store the
> links to these files?
>
> Best regards,
> Terence
>
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