Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:15:08 -0700
From: elein <elein@varlena.com>
To: Kumar <sgnerd@yahoo.com.sg>
Cc: psql <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Large Objects and Bytea
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In this week's General Bits, we talk about using
large objects.  Perhaps this might help you understand
what is involved with using them.

http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/

cheers,

elein@varlena.com

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 09:41:28AM +0530, Kumar wrote:
> Hi Friends,
>  
> I am running Postgres 7.3.4 on RH Linux 7.2.
>  
> I am migrating MS SQL DB to Postgres DB. I have tables with columns of data
> type 'Image' in the MS SQL database.
> IF I choose 'bytea' datatype, I am afraid it may lead to poor performance of
> the database (which I read from the manual). In this case what is the best data
> type to use.
>  
> Please suggest me. The explanation of using LOB objects in a table and to write
> them with image is not very clear in the documentation. Can any one send me any
> link or white paper or examples about it.
>  
> Thanks in advance.
>  
> Kumar
>