Andrew,
> 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?
Some people find it useful. Because LOs are actually easier to manage in
PG than in most other DBMSes, right now that's a significant source of
PostgreSQL adoption. I'd like to encourage those users by giving them
more useful LO features.
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL
San Francisco