> > See bytea, though its presentation format leaves something to be desired IMHO
> >
> > > how would someone be expected to store, say, a GIF image in a TOAST text?
> >
> > One would not. A TOASTed bytea is the appropriate column type.
>
> thanks -- that's EXACTLY what i needed.
>
bytea was not really used very much until people started asking to do
this kind of think.
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