From: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au> |
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To: | dev_hyd2001(at)yahoo(dot)com, "pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: JDBC and Blobs |
Date: | 2008-06-19 13:27:36 |
Message-ID: | 485A5EC8.2030007@postnewspapers.com.au |
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Dev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a field in my database table of type OID which is suppose to be used to store binary data. I plan on using the setBlob and getBlob methods for storing and retrieving entries from the table. Is that the right way to proceed? If I delete a row in that table , will it delete the binary data as well from the database server?
I haven't used it myself, but my understanding is that deleting the row
will NOT free the associated blob. The oid is only a reference to the blob.
You probably want the `lo' contrib module:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/lo.html
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Craig Ringer
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