On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:28:52 +0800 twxtam@xxxxxxxxx ("tam wei") wrote: > Dear all, > > I am intending to store the files inside the postgres DB using the > type text (all the files will be pre-encode into base64. The reason > for not using the type bytea as I encountered some undesired > format(the original file alignment can't be preserved) while > extracting the content and display iit using php). Hi, Make sure you don't have any unwanted caracters before or after the php tags (<? ?> or <?php ?>) in your main script and includes. Php will output them, thus breaking your file. A more robust workaround is using output buffering to clear any unwanted output before sending the file... I have no problem storing bytea objects and retreiving them. Using output buffering allows you to use ob_gzhandler to reduce network bandwith if needed... HTH, -- MaXX