Chris Bitmead <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com> writes:
> ... I don't
> like the old large object implementation, I need to store very large
> numbers of objects and unless this implementation has changed
> in recent times it won't cut it.
Have you looked at 7.1? AFAIK it has no particular problem with
lots of LOs.
Which is not to discourage you from going over to bytea fields instead,
if that model happens to be more convenient for your application.
But your premise above seems false.
regards, tom lane