>>>>> "Giles" == Giles Lean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Giles> 1. with 7.1 and later, just use type 'text', since the 8KB row limit
Giles> is now history. The advantage of this method is you don't need
Giles> to learn any new API.
Giles> A problem with this is you can't readily store binary data yet; if
Giles> your data is binary you'll need to encode it some way first,
Giles> e.g. base64.
>From what I understand, you *can* store binary data with a column type
'bytea', which is grossly underdocumented, although the DBD::Pg driver
directly supports.
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