| From: | Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net> | 
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| 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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