are BLOBs deleted that are not referenced?

From: David Wetzel <dave(at)turbocat(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-ports(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: are BLOBs deleted that are not referenced?
Date: 1998-07-03 09:28:08
Message-ID: 199807030928.LAA00621@cat.turbocat.de
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Hi,

are BLOBs deleted that are not referenced any more?

Imagine, I have a table with a column

| text | oid | 4 |

when this row is deleted, will postgres throw the BLOB away?

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