BYTEA or LO?

Hi list,

I need to read/write pictures to my DB and I wonder which column type
would be the best? (and DON'T feed the troll: I won't put them onto the FS),
client will be written in Python.

I formerly tested BYTEA (7.dontremember) and found that I needed to transcode
my pictures into Base64 format to be able to do so (long and add 33% to the
size); this is what I'd like to avoid.

Pictures will be written (rare), read (often) and deleted (rare), but
may be, one day, this program could have a web interface.

So what would be the best to my needs?

JY
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