On 9 January 2012 12:36, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/09/12 3:07 AM, Alban Hertroys wrote: >>> >>> For the record, it looks like MS SQL Server has some equivalent feature : >>> > FILESTREAM. >> >> And Oracle has BFILE. > > aren't these things functionally similar to PG's LO (large object) ? Oracle has BLOBs and CLOBs as well. IIRC, BFILEs reference a file on the file-system, while [BC]LOBs are stored inside the database in some way. Admittedly, the last time I worked with an Oracle database is 10 years ago. Things may have changed, or my memory of them may have ;) -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, Cut the trees and you'll find there is no forest. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
