Re: [GENERAL] Can I store bitmap graphics in a table?

On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Dustin Sallings wrote:

> b) Couldn't figure out how to delete a BLOB and have it go away (since
> you only store the reference to the BLOB).

lo_unlink deletes a blob.

> c) They don't back up with pgdump, which isn't too bad of a problem,
> since I don't mind making my own dump program.

I did have some code that backed up any large objects in a database into a
zip file using the JDBC interface.

hmmm, I'll see if I can dig it up and add it to the jdbc examples in the
distribution.

> Is the BLOB interface being worked on at all? I'd be interested in
> making my program do things a little closer to the ``right'' way. :) (or
> maybe playing with the BLOB interface myself).

I'm looking at blob orphaning, which I think I may have solved. Hopefully,
I'll have something working by Monday.

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