You would use the oid PostgreSQL data type and use the PHP pg_lo* commands (http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.pgsql.php). Here is a quick tutorial on how to import and export files: http://www.newbienetwork.net/sections.php?op=printpage&artid=35 Brent --- Martín Marqués <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I´m about to do some web aplications that will save data in a > postgreSQL > database, but I have one problem: I don´t understand the way > postgreSQL saves > byte files. > > I heard about bytea and Large Objects. Are they the same? > > And how do I insert, say, pdf files in my database? > > I looked for examples, but didn´t find much (in PHP, > obviously). > > Saludos... :-) > > -- > Porqué usar una base de datos relacional cualquiera, > si podés usar PostgreSQL? > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Martín Marqués | mmarques@xxxxxxxxxx > Programador, Administrador, DBA | Centro de Telematica > Universidad Nacional > del Litoral > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
