-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Lane wrote: > "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. The typical case that I run into with Bytea is storing enough information to where this would be useful. Specifically items such as pdf and .doc. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > regards, tom lane > - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGxyYLATb/zqfZUUQRAq5gAJsGFIHglJGcGjqjNc92G6Wt2U+cwQCghGMV 181pA78JUFIfpepzXLY1eK0= =GJGH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/