Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > On 4 Nov 2006 at 18:24, Alain Roger wrote: > >> However, i've read that before i must restore the image by exporting >> them to local (on server) file. > > You can use bytea type to store binary data directly in the database - > if it's any use to you, I can send you some ASP code that does this.
bytea is not always a good idea. It depends on the size of the data you are storing. If you are storing pretty much anything greater than 200k I would suggest moving to pg_largeobject instead. Joshua D. Drake > > There was a thread recently on the merits of doing it this way, as > opposed to storing the image on the filesystem and keeping just > metadata in the DB - you'll find it in the archives. > > --Ray. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Raymond O'Donnell > Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Galway, Ireland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > -- SPI Liason, PostgreSQL Fundraising Group Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate Find out about PostgreSQL Fundraising: http://fundraising.postgresql.org/ Read the PostgreSQL docs: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
