Re: Extending varlena - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: Extending varlena
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Msg-id 1219101100.31550.67.camel@dell.linuxdev.us.dell.com
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In response to Re: Extending varlena  (Andrew Chernow <ac@esilo.com>)
Responses Re: Extending varlena  (Andrew Chernow <ac@esilo.com>)
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> 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? 

One use case is that it can use the existing postgresql protocol, and
does not require extra filesystem mounts, extra error handling, and
other complexity.

Regards,Jeff Davis



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