Re: Storing blobs in PG DB

> This doesn't answer your question, but I thought I'd throw my opinion in
> anyway.
>
> My personal view is that in general, binary files have no place in
> databases. Filesystems are for files, databases are for data. My design
> choice is to store the files in a fileystem and use the database to hold
> metadata as well as a pointer to the file.
>

Yes, current design exactly the same.

> If you *must* put files into the database, then you can do so, and PG
> will handle that many files of those sizes with ease. For all intents
> and purposes, PG can store an unlimited number of files. You're far more
> likely to run into walls in the form of limitations in your disk I/O
> system then limitations in what PG will handle.
>
Thanks