More about large objects

According to the postgresql docs, (at
http://looking-glass.usask.ca/postgresql/docs/postgres/largeobjects.htm)


Originally, Postgres 4.2 supported three standard implementations of large
objects: as files external to Postgres, as UNIX files managed by Postgres,
and as data stored within the Postgres database. It causes considerable
confusion among users. As a result, we only support large objects as data
stored within the Postgres database in PostgreSQL.


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Now I'm confused.  From what I'd gather from earlier today, Postgres used
external files.  Are the docs that out of date?

Gregory W Burnham
Software Engineer
Excite Labs
Faculty Of Education
Simon Fraser University
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