Re: [HACKERS] BLOBS and security

Is there likley to be a way to use BLOBS via psql????

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Philip Warner wrote:

> Another thing that whoever is implementing BLOBS will have to be aware of
> is making sure that access to individual BLOBS is controlled by the
> 'owning' table.
>
> I don't know if an implementation has been settled on, but at one point it
> was suggested that BLOBs be stored in a single table. I suspect this
> approach would not work for the above reason.
>
> Also, is there any reason why BLOBs need to be stored in a table at all?
> Can lower level I/O routines to be used to chain groups of pages together?
>
> Finally, is there a plan for the BLOB implementation that is available for
> comment?
>
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