From: Igor Shevchenko <igor@carcass.ath.cx>
To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: bytea or blobs?
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:42:13 +0200
Message-ID: <200402201442.13869.igor@carcass.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402180856300.19088-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402180856300.19088-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
On Wednesday 18 February 2004 09:18, you wrote:
> Maybe if bandwidth is a restriction the base64 solution
> saves some bandwith, since base64 file is ~ 1.3 times larger
> than the original, whereas the escaped octal representation
> will be ~ 4 times larger.
If you use libpq's v3 protocol with binary format (PostgreSQL 7.4+), the
overhead is minimal both ways.
--
Best regards,
Igor Shevchenko
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