Re: [BUGS] no way in LargeObject API to detect short read?

At 15:37 26/01/01 -0800, Barry Lind wrote:
>Peter,
>
>Given the current implementation of size(), I don't think this is a good
>solution to the problem at hand. Since size() is an expensive call
>(especially on large files), using it in this way wouldn't be a
>performant solution. Using size() also requires additional round trips
>to the database to get this information. There needs to be a better
>solution that doesn't require the additional overhead.

That's exactly what I was thinking of. Most of the largeobject API is based
on libpq hence where this came from. I don't think there is
anything available elsewhere for getting the size.

Yes, there needs to be a better way.

Peter

>thanks,
>--Barry
>
>Peter T Mount wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm, what's the performance issues with this? Is there going to be a
> problem
> > with very large LargeObject's?
> >
> > Quoting "Paul M. Aoki" <aoki(at)acm(dot)org>:
> >
> > > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > > > Anyone able to fix this?
> > >
> > > here's a hack we've been using in-house (written by Jun Gabayan,
> > > <jgabayan(at)pahv(dot)xerox(dot)com>).
> > >
> > > you may not like the style but it's a stab at a solution.
> > > --
> > > Paul M. Aoki / Xerox Palo Alto Research Center / 3333 Coyote Hill Road
> > > aoki(at)acm(dot)org / Computer Science Laboratory / Palo Alto, CA
> > > 94304-1314
> > >
> > > Index: LargeObject.java
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file:
> > >
> /project/placeless/cvsroot/placeless2/src/org/postgresql/largeobject/LargeObje
> > ct.java,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.1
> > > retrieving revision 1.3
> > > diff -r1.1 -r1.3
> > > 64c64,67
> > > <
> > > ---
> > > >
> > > > private int pos = 0; //current position
> > > > private int size = 0;
> > > >
> > > 85a89,90
> > > > pos = tell();
> > > > size = size();
> > > 102a108
> > > > if(fd == 0) return;
> > > 105a112
> > > > fd = 0;
> > > 118a126,132
> > > > // calculate available data to read to avoid reading pass the
> > > end
> > > > // to avoid an exception
> > > > pos = tell();
> > > > int avail = size - pos;
> > > > if(avail == 0) return null;
> > > > if(avail < len) len = avail;
> > > > try {
> > > 123c137,141
> > > <
> > > ---
> > > > }catch(SQLException se) {
> > > > System.out.println("***LargeObject.read: Caught
> > > SQLException: " + se.getMessage());
> > > > return null;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > 157c175
> > > < public void read(byte buf[],int off,int len) throws SQLException
> > > ---
> > > > public int read(byte buf[],int off,int len) throws SQLException
> > > 159c177,180
> > > < System.arraycopy(read(len),0,buf,off,len);
> > > ---
> > > > byte mybuf[] = read(len);
> > > > int sz = (mybuf != null) ? mybuf.length : -1; //must return -1 for
> > > end of data
> > > > if(sz > 0) System.arraycopy(mybuf,0,buf,off,sz);
> > > > return sz;
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Mount peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk
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