Hi, Friends ! On Thursday 25 September 2003 08:11, you wrote:
> I am migrating MS SQL DB to Postgres DB. I have tables with columns of data > type 'Image' in the MS SQL database. IF I choose 'bytea' datatype, I am > afraid it may lead to poor performance of the database (which I read from > the manual). In this case what is the best data type to use. I am using TEXT fields to store images and pdfs. There is one "feature": ZERO bytes causes interruption of input and output. so I am translating Zeroes to '#0' and '#' to '#1' (it is similar to work with bytea) I am really not sure that's the best, but usefull. BTW, i ask Developers: can you remove this "feature" of ZEROES in a TEXT ? AFAIK the TEXT-type itself allows ANY bytes to store ! (its length representet explisitly in 4 bytes) The "feature" obviosly grown from C strings...... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])