Re: To store and retrive image data in postgresql - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tino Wildenhain
Subject Re: To store and retrive image data in postgresql
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Msg-id 4872F15F.4050506@wildenhain.de
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In response to Re: To store and retrive image data in postgresql  (Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>)
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Hi,

Craig Ringer wrote:
> Brent Wood wrote:
...
>>           I need to store
>> an image in postgresql database and after that i need to retrive the
>> image back.Can you please help me how to do this?

...
> - Storing image data in the DB is probably much less efficient in
>   storage space and for access; and
> - You face possible MVCC bloat with image data when storing in the
>   DB, so careful management would be needed

>
> The first really cool MS-SQL feature I've heard about relates to this.
> NTFS now has transaction support. I'm pretty sure I remember hearing

*snip*

In that case, would that MVCC bloat not just transferred to the
filesystem? Large objects should currently give you pretty much
the same results without plug for MS-SQL :-)
And in most cases bytea as mentioned elsewhere are not so bad either
(especially for p*m-Images :-)

Cheers
Tino


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