reading reading files from the DB

 Hi.....

I have exported few files into my DB server running on LINUX os.
I connected to it remotely from windows and through one sample application
like webserver i am trying to read the contents of it when ever there is a
request for the specified file.Using the below example code.
 Is this correct?I am not finding that it is reading it from the database.
How can i make sure of this.I am unable to open the requested file from win
application through database.
 please suggest me .........
 voi d GetFiles(PGconn *conn, unsigned int lobjId, int start)
 {

 ---------

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 int lobj_fd;

 lobj_fd = lo_open(conn, lobjId, INV_READ);

 if (lobj_fd < 0)

 {

 MessageBox(0,"error","Cannot Object Id ",MB_OK);

 }

 lo_lseek(conn, lobj_fd, start, SEEK_END);

 len = lo_tell(conn,lobj_fd);

 lo_lseek(conn, lobj_fd, start, SEEK_SET);

 buf =(char*) malloc(len + 1);

 nread = 0;

 while (len - nread > 0)

 {

 nbytes = lo_read(conn, lobj_fd, buf, len - nread);

 buf[nbytes] = ' ';

 nread += nbytes;

 }

 MessageBox(0,"Inside get","test",MB_OK);

 free(buf);

 lo_close(conn, lobj_fd);

 }



 Thank you.....
 Sandhya

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> To: "sandhya" <sandhyar@amiindia.co.in>
> Cc: "postgre" <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] reg:lseek&read ..pls
>
>
> > "sandhya" <sandhyar@amiindia.co.in> writes:
> > > But before that i need to know the size of the object from which i am
=
> > > trying to get the contents.
> > > How can i do this?
> >
> > Same way you'd do it for a Unix file: seek to the end, note the end
> > offset, seek back to the start and read.
> >
> > ... lo_open ...
> > lo_size = lo_lseek(conn, fd, 0, SEEK_END);  // where's the end?
> > lo_lseek(conn, fd, 0, SEEK_SET);  // go back to start
> >
> > regards, tom lane
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