Re: [GENERAL] Use a blob or not?

2009-12-07 Thread Colin Streicher
On December 7, 2009 12:07:49 pm Daniel wrote: > I want ot store chunks of data (only about five Kb each) on a database > and have users download (across a network) these chunks to their local > disk drive. Is a blob a good way to store these chunks? > > Thanks. > Put me on the list of recommendin

Re: [GENERAL] Use a blob or not?

2009-12-07 Thread Peter Geoghegan
Daniel, If the data will only be 5 Kb, I suggest you use bytea (binary string). Regards, Peter Geoghegan -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Use a blob or not?

2009-12-07 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 09:07 -0800, Daniel wrote: > I want ot store chunks of data (only about five Kb each) on a database > and have users download (across a network) these chunks to their local > disk drive. Is a blob a good way to store these chunks? Well we don't have "blob". We have bytea and

[GENERAL] Use a blob or not?

2009-12-07 Thread Daniel
I want ot store chunks of data (only about five Kb each) on a database and have users download (across a network) these chunks to their local disk drive. Is a blob a good way to store these chunks? Thanks. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to y