"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Should we consider setting storage external by default for the type? No. That would be counterproductive for the more typical case of bytea values in the range of some-small-number-of-kilobytes. Or at least I think that's more typical than values that are so large you have to go out of your way to fetch them in chunks. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq