Re: Storing small image files - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Storing small image files
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Msg-id 20130509163432.GC29984@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Storing small image files  (Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>)
Responses Re: Storing small image files
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Karl Denninger escribió:

> > To encode:
> >
> >
> > write_conn = Postgresql communication channel in your software that is
> > open to write to the table
> >
> > char    *out;
> > size_t    out_length, badge_length;
> >
> > badge_length = function-to-get-length-of(badge_binary_data);  /* You
> > have to know how long it is */
> >
> > out = PQescapeByteaConn(write_conn, badge_binary_data, badge_length,
> > &out_length); /* Convert */
> >
> > That function allocates the required memory for the conversion.

I think you're better off with PQexecParams() so that you don't have to
encode the image at all; just load it in memory and use it as a
parameter.

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Álvaro Herrera                http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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