From: | Peter T Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk> |
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To: | Dustin Sallings <dustin(at)spy(dot)net> |
Cc: | Dan Delaney <dionysos(at)dionysia(dot)org>, PostgreSQL General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Can I store bitmap graphics in a table? |
Date: | 1998-07-25 13:05:10 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.3.96.980725140246.3383F-100000@maidast.retep.org.uk |
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On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Dustin Sallings wrote:
> b) Couldn't figure out how to delete a BLOB and have it go away (since
> you only store the reference to the BLOB).
lo_unlink deletes a blob.
> c) They don't back up with pgdump, which isn't too bad of a problem,
> since I don't mind making my own dump program.
I did have some code that backed up any large objects in a database into a
zip file using the JDBC interface.
hmmm, I'll see if I can dig it up and add it to the jdbc examples in the
distribution.
> Is the BLOB interface being worked on at all? I'd be interested in
> making my program do things a little closer to the ``right'' way. :) (or
> maybe playing with the BLOB interface myself).
I'm looking at blob orphaning, which I think I may have solved. Hopefully,
I'll have something working by Monday.
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