1/ Is it possible? 2/ Could you give me some quick tips on how to manage it from the start so that I knew what to look for in the manual?
Not sure how much you know about programming, but easiest will probably be to have a small application. Here is some code in the Npgsql library documentation that shows how to do it in C#:
using System; using System.Data; using Npgsql; using System.IO; public class t { public static void Main(String[] args) { NpgsqlConnection conn = new NpgsqlConnection( "server=localhost;user id=npgsql_tests;password=npgsql_tests"); conn.Open(); FileStream fs = new FileStream(args[0], FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(new BufferedStream(fs)); Byte[] bytes = br.ReadBytes((Int32)fs.Length); Console.WriteLine(fs.Length); br.Close(); fs.Close(); NpgsqlCommand command = new NpgsqlCommand( "insert into tableBytea(field_bytea) values(:bytesData)", conn); NpgsqlParameter param = new NpgsqlParameter( ":bytesData", DbType.Binary); param.Value = bytes; command.Parameters.Add(param); command.ExecuteNonQuery(); command = new NpgsqlCommand( "select field_bytea from tableBytea " + "where field_serial = (select max(select field_serial) from " + "tableBytea);", conn); Byte[] result = (Byte[])command.ExecuteScalar(); fs = new FileStream(args[0] + "database", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write); BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(new BufferedStream(fs)); bw.Write(result); bw.Flush(); fs.Close(); bw.Close(); conn.Close(); } } HTH, Johan Nel Pretoria, South Africa. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general