are BLOBs deleted that are not referenced? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Wetzel
Subject are BLOBs deleted that are not referenced?
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Msg-id 199807030928.LAA00621@cat.turbocat.de
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Hi,

are BLOBs deleted that are not referenced any more?

Imagine, I have a table with a column

  | text   | oid  |     4 |

when this row is deleted, will postgres throw the BLOB away?

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