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Subject: libpq, Large Objects, Type lo
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I have an app written in Borland C++ Builder accessing Blobs in the database

All is well, I have set up the user defined type of "lo" and 
the Borland Windows app add/deletes blobs beautifully.

The problem comes in the unix enviroment, where I would like to interact
with the blobs via libpq.

How to I access these blobs...
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select image_oid from footable where image_oid is not null;

image_oid
---------
   136001


but ....

select lo_export(image_oid),'/tmp/foo.jpg') from footable where image_oid is not null;

ERROR:  No such function 'lo_export' with the specified attributes

this is from psql, and I get simialer errors from my small c proggie.

Thanks,
	Travis