(2011/04/14 21:17), Raiford@labware.com wrote:
> Hi Hiroshi-san,
>
> Thank you for your response. Could you clarify one thing for me? Are you
> suggesting that when using an lo datatype with the lo module installed,
You don't have to install the lo module. Please type
create domain lo as oid;
and use the lo type.
> the ODBC driver automatically sends the data in pieces?
Yes.
regards,
Hiroshi Inoue
> Or does it only
> open the possibility for me to use the lo_import() function? If
> everything is handled internally in the ODBC driver, it would certainly
> help a lot :)
>
> Jon
>
> From: Hiroshi Inoue <inoue@tpf.co.jp>
> To: Raiford@labware.com
> Cc: pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org
> Date: 04/13/2011 11:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [ODBC] BYTEA Fields and Memory Consumption
> Sent by: pgsql-odbc-owner@postgresql.org
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hi,
>
> (2011/04/13 21:09), Raiford@labware.com wrote:
> > I have an issue where even though I break a large BYTEA object up into
> > multiple pieces, the ODBC driver just rejoins the pieces in memory and
> > tries to send it all out at once. I took a look at the code and sure
> > enough the driver just keeps reallocating memory for each chunk of data
> > that I add.
>
> Yes you are right.
>
> > Can I assume Postgres has no mechanism to send this data
> > across the wire in pieces? Are there any common practices for dealing
> > with this?
>
> Please try lo type instead of bytea type.
>
> regards,
> Hiroshi Inoue
