Re: Images in Database

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Rod K" <rod(at)23net(dot)net>
Cc: "Reshat Sabiq" <sabiq(at)purdue(dot)edu>, "M(dot) Bastin" <marcbastin(at)mindspring(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Images in Database
Date: 2004-03-28 01:16:23
Message-ID: 10276.1080436583@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Rod K" <rod(at)23net(dot)net> writes:
> I also don't understand what information you have that leads you to make the
> claim that space is wasted. I guess it is due to your assumption that a
> BLOB is used. A bytea type takes 4 extra bytes than the actual size of the
> data.

Even when using BLOBs, there's not very significant overhead ---
certainly much less than the overhead of putting a small image into a
file, which is probably going to occupy at least 1K on disk. I would
guess that the separate-files approach would be the most bulky of the
three choices.

regards, tom lane

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