RE: [SQL] data larger than 8k - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Peter T Mount
Subject RE: [SQL] data larger than 8k
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.3.96.980719103936.3339H-100000@maidast.retep.org.uk
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In response to RE: [SQL] data larger than 8k  (Danny Rice <dwrice@indiana.edu>)
List pgsql-sql
On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Danny Rice wrote:

> create table test (name text, filename oid);
> insert into test values ( 'a file', lo_import('/tmp/afile') );
>
> will create database files named as xinv(BigInteger) and
> xinx(BigInteger).
>
> When I do
>
> delete from test;
> or
> drop table test;
>
> These xin files stay around.  Is there a way to have these cleaned up
> on delete and drop?

This is a work in progress. In the developer source, take a look in
contrib/lo which defines a new type 'lo' which handles large object
orphaning. It can handle 'delete from test' but not 'drop table test'.

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