Re: binary data storage

Martín Marqués <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar> writes:

> Now, I want to do an insert of a row, in which I add data to all the columns
> except the oid column, in which I want to insert a file. How do I make the
> insert with PHP, in a way that the info of row and the file loaded
> in the oid column are really in the same row.

OK, here's pseudocode. Assuming PHP has a an interface to the lo_
routines, you'd do something like this:

BEGIN WORK;
$file_oid = lo_import("myfile");
INSERT INTO mytable(field1, field2, file_oid) VALUES ('foo', 'bar', $file_oid);
COMMIT WORK;

Does this help?

-Doug
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