Re: large objects and pg 7.3.x

Hello, Julie
Many thanks for your message.
Any hint will be helpfull.
I verified again and the functions are there.
Also, I created a trigger for the lo_manage() function, following exactly the
instructions of the contrib/lo readme.
Could you tell how do you successfully insert images using the psqlodbc?

I guess the problem is that openoffice creates a prepared sql and parses the
lo "by value", as it expects lo to be as a "normal" blob type.
The domain approach should solve this issue.
But this theory should be confirmed by another experiment:
I created a clean db, then declared lo as a domain (following mr. Lane
suggestion) and tried to insert an image.
OpenOffice issued the following error:
Error inserting the new record

SQL Status 01000
Error code -1

[unixODBC]Error while executing the query (non-fatal);
ERROR: oidin: error in
"GIF87a\216\000\076\000\367\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\100\000\000\200\000\000ÿ\000
\000\000 \100\000 \200\000
ÿ\000\100\000\000\100\100\000\100\200\000\100ÿ\000\140\000\000\140\100\000\140\200\000\140ÿ\000\200\000\000\200\100\000\200\200\000\200ÿ\000\240\000\000\240\100\000\240\200\000\240ÿ\000À\000\000À\100\000À\200\000Àÿ\000ÿ\000\000ÿ\100\000ÿ\200\000ÿÿ
\000\000 \000\100 \000\200 \000ÿ \000 \100 \200 ÿ \100\000 \100\100

The error is very similar to the one issued when using another db with the
postgresql/contrib/lo functions.
It seems that the image is being escaped to octal before parsing to the
driver, as it should be for use with bytea pg type.

The previously sent sql log session file was of any help?
Regards.
Andre Felipe

Em Terça 19 Agosto 2003 20:25, você escreveu:
> I am able to insert an image into postgresql using the psqlodbc driver. I
> created the lo type using the files in the contrib directory. I was never
> able to make the lo_manage() function work. Instead I created my own
> functions and used triggers to execute them. I only needed the functions
> for deleting and updating records. I haven't had any problems inserting.
> When the lo type was created it should have created the following functions
> : lo(oid)
> lo_in(cstring)
> lo_manage()
> lo_oid(public.lo)
> lo_out(public.lo)
> oid(public.lo)
>
> I hope that is somewhat helpfull.
>
> Julie
>
> <snip>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andre Felipe Machado" <andremachado(at)techforce(dot)com(dot)br>
>
> > The postgresql psql tool can insert an image (can also extracts it) using
> > direct sql commands. And OpenOffice can display it at the form.
> > When trying to save a new record, containing a new image, the program
> > complains.
> > The error message is reproduced at near the end of the attached sql log
>
> file.
>
> > I hope this help.
> > Regards.
> > Andre Felipe
>
> </snip>