Re: Large Objects

Hi, Morning All:

Large objects in PostgreSQL are simply large chunks of
information which you may want to store in a database for reasons
I don't know. Example is if you want to store the actual JPEG file
in the database and not just reference it as a string and just put
it as a file in another directory. A possible reason for hiding the
actual JPEG file in a database is to hide it from your Sys Ad if those
JPEG file contains "PORNO" images (Sorry, no pun intended, it just was the
case with a friend of mine, hhehehe). Anyway, an experimental application
I know of stores geographical images as large objects in a postgresql
database. Good luck with large objects, it may sound hard but after you
get to know it, it just becomes a walk in the park.

Erle

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Hunter, Ray wrote:

> I have been reading the user manual for largre objects in postgres. What I
> do not understand is when and why you would use them?
>
> Can someone point me to some good documentation on this...