Re: [GENERAL] postgreSQL for storing a database of documents

On Tue, 4 May 1999, Mark Fleming wrote:

// That a good solution, but now that XML is starting to break off it
// kinda puts PostgreSQL users at a disadvantage. We have to have
// static XML documents on on disk in order to use the format and have
// external search engines to search for content in the documents. It
// is not that big of a headache, but is an inconvenience. I will be
// doing some work on XML soon for my job and they are going straight
// Oracle because they want to create "searchable" XML documents on the
// fly to post and distribute on the web. Very LARGE documents. Like
// the legal code for NYC and such. When Postgre starts using large
// objects it is going to make a lot of noise. Especially for
// "start-up" companies.

What do you mean when Postgres starts using large objects? It has
for quite some time now. I chose not to use it because I don't like the
way the data is stored on disk, though.

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