On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 08:56:59 +0100 , you wrote:
>So should I do some extra work, when I want to
>get rid of a record containing a text field,
No, that's not necessary.
>or will deleting only the record also delete the text object
>represented by the text field in the record?
Yes. In fact, there is no text object, just a text field which
happens to be very large.
>Is the design for the "text" type different from large objects?
Yes. This was implemented in 7.1:
http://postgresql.lerner.co.il/projects/devel-toast.html
Regards,
René Pijlman <rene@lab.applinet.nl>
