Re: Extending varlena

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>
Cc: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Extending varlena
Date: 2008-08-18 23:11:40
Message-ID: 1219101100.31550.67.camel@dell.linuxdev.us.dell.com
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> I always find these requests puzzling. Is it really useful to store the
> data for a jpeg, video file or a 10GB tar ball in a database column?

One use case is that it can use the existing postgresql protocol, and
does not require extra filesystem mounts, extra error handling, and
other complexity.

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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