On 3/5/08, Erwin Brandstetter <brsaweda(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> The whole concept behind large objects is a bit off. Since we have
> TOAST tables, it is of limited use to store large objects away in a
> system table. It would be useful to have (additional) functions like:
> lo_import(text) RETURNS bytea
> lo_export(bytea, text) RETURNS integer
Just so you know, large objects are quite old and predate TOAST, which
is why they are slightly quirky. I agree that import/export functions
for BYTEA would be useful.
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-Doug