scott.marlowe wrote:
> And yes, toasting is fully automatic. Just insert a large
> text/varchar/bytea field and the database does the rest. which is why
> they are generally recommended over using large objects, which require
> specialized handling.
They are not always recommended though. The manual clearly states that
bytea/text's drawback is huge memory requirement (esp. for large
data/long text) and lack of chunk processing. Hopefully this will be
addressed in the future.
--
dave
