On 3/5/08, Erwin Brandstetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  The whole concept behind large objects is a bit off. Since we have
>  TOAST tables, it is of limited use to store large objects away in a
>  system table. It would be useful to have (additional) functions like:
>    lo_import(text) RETURNS bytea
>    lo_export(bytea, text) RETURNS integer

Just so you know, large objects are quite old and predate TOAST, which
is why they are slightly quirky.  I agree that import/export functions
for BYTEA would be useful.


-- 
-Doug

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