Re: OID or lo - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: OID or lo
Date
Msg-id 20030226112115.E22384@mail.libertyrms.com
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In response to OID or lo  ("Cristian Custodio" <crstian@terra.com.br>)
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On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 09:24:49PM -0300, Cristian Custodio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody would know say me, what is the real difference between
> OID and lo.

They're different things.  "OID" stands for (roughly) Object
IDentifier.  Many objects (potentially every row) in the database
have an OID.  "lo" stands for Large Object; these types of database
objects are manipulated using the lo interface.  See the user's
guide for more.

A

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