Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1aIABE-0005Ix-3V for pgsql-sql@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 07:12:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aIABD-00058z-1N for pgsql-sql@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 07:12:47 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aIABC-00058n-DV for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 07:12:46 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aIAB9-0007dF-7I for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 07:12:45 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u0A7Cgxn015646; Sun, 10 Jan 2016 02:12:42 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Eugene Yin cc: "pgsql-sql@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: BLOBs In-reply-to: <21791464.2842310.1452406802668.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <21791464.2842310.1452406802668.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <21791464.2842310.1452406802668.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Comments: In-reply-to Eugene Yin message dated "Sun, 10 Jan 2016 06:20:02 +0000" Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 02:12:42 -0500 Message-ID: <15645.1452409962@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-sql Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org Eugene Yin writes: > The following statement is excerpted from the  > "Oracle to Postgres Conversion" > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Oracle_to_Postgres_Conversion#Grammar_Differences My goodness, that's out of date (as you should have guessed from the reference to "scheduled for an overhaul in summer 2000"). pg_dump has been able to dump large objects just fine since 8.1 or so. I don't know what else an Oracle user might be expecting that we don't have, though, so I'm hesitant to change the text. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql