On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:07:18 -0700, jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Joshua D. Drake") wrote: >Large Objects stream (for lack of a better term) to the client in 8k? >chunks so it typically isn't too bad. >Bytea gives you everything all at once which is fine for small objects. Isn't there also a difference between the two in terms of the largest amount of data they can handle? >External storing is useful but I prefer LO because all my data (binary >and meta) is all in the same place for management. As well as ensuring data integrity, of course. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)