Re: Please help with binary file

From: Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>
To: Fernando Nasser <fnasser(at)redhat(dot)com>
Cc: Paul Thomas <paul(at)tmsl(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>, Akash Shah <akash(dot)s(at)ap(dot)sony(dot)com>, "pgsql-jdbc (at) postgresql (dot) org" <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Please help with binary file
Date: 2003-07-02 13:53:00
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0307020950390.3542-100000@leary.csoft.net
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Fernando Nasser wrote:

> Kris Jurka wrote:
> >
> > In an attempt to clarify, are you really trying to say that the
> > performance of bytea is poor without the V3 protocol, so it is better to
> > use large objects unless security is a requirement because other database
> > users can potentially view your large objects?
> >
>
> Yes.
>
>
> >
> >>You would need a patch to use bytea with 7.3 but it is not an ideal
> >>solution so you should avoid it (it has not been incorporated to the
> >>sources so you would have to get into the business of building the
> >>driver yourself).
> >
> >
> > What patch is needed for bytea and 7.3?
> >
>
> I believe I've posted it (I can repost if necessary).
>

The only thing relevent I can see is

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jdbc/2003-06/msg00027.php

which concerns a server bug which doesn't manifest itself if you have an
ascii or unicode database. I thought you were refering to a JDBC driver
patch.

Kris Jurka

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