Re: [SQL] Blobs

On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 02:33:59PM -0800, Neil Cameron allegedly wrote:
> Hi Folks
> 
> I want to store Word docs etc into the mighty Postgres. I think this means using blobs. 
> 
> 1.Does anybody know the SQL to create say a table with a field called docs to store them in. I don't know what the
datatype is.
 
> 
>     ie something like CREATE TABLE documents docs (blob datatype ??)
> 
> 2. Is there some special syntax to get the blob back. ie SELECT (special syntax)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Neil@blueice

You'll need to use large objects. The documentation explains how to (I'm
a bit lazy ;)

Mathijs