Re: Large Object support for a DB FS

From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Large Object support for a DB FS
Date: 2004-11-28 10:43:24
Message-ID: 20041128114324.G565@hermes.hilbert.loc
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> I then proceeded with implementing my own block-oriented data table
> using bytea for storage. This approach has been more flexible but has a
> couple of draw-backs:
>
> 1. To partially update a bytea field, I have to load it first,
> resulting in the overhead of an extra query.
>
> 2. There is more overhead from the extra queries required to manage
> the block table. The result is a large CPU hit for simple I/O.
I'm sure there's quite a few people who'd be very delighted
if you chose to implement range-update/append support for bytea !

Karsten
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