Re: [INTERFACES] Large objects, why not use the filesystem?

From: "Gene Selkov Jr(dot)" <selkovjr(at)mcs(dot)anl(dot)gov>
To: "Gregory W Burnham" <gburnham(at)sfu(dot)ca>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Large objects, why not use the filesystem?
Date: 1999-02-01 06:25:22
Message-ID: 199902010723.BAA13407@mail.xnet.com
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> Right. That would be a place where you couldn't use Matthew's
> suggestion. But in my case my 'client' is, ultimately, a cgi.
> And now I'm wondering, why am I not using files? I would hope
> that postgres would be providing me with some kind of superior
> performance than the file system. Infact, I've always assumed
> it. But was I right to assume that? Are there benchmarks out
> there?

No benchmarks are needed. Large objects are stored one per file,
therefore you will see the same preformance.

--Gene

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