| From: | Mathijs Brands <mathijs(at)ilse(dot)nl> |
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| To: | Neil Cameron <n(dot)cameron(at)blueice(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [SQL] Blobs |
| Date: | 2000-01-24 15:54:39 |
| Message-ID: | 20000124165439.A1694@ilse.nl |
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 02:33:59PM -0800, Neil Cameron allegedly wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> I want to store Word docs etc into the mighty Postgres. I think this means using blobs.
>
> 1.Does anybody know the SQL to create say a table with a field called docs to store them in. I don't know what the data type is.
>
> ie something like CREATE TABLE documents docs (blob datatype ??)
>
> 2. Is there some special syntax to get the blob back. ie SELECT (special syntax)
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil(at)blueice
You'll need to use large objects. The documentation explains how to (I'm
a bit lazy ;)
Mathijs
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