Re: [GENERAL] medical image on postgreSQL?

> Apologize.. this posting may not relevance enough to this group.  I
> am very much a newbie to posgreSQL database programming and would
> like assistance. I am finding an example how to use the database
> (postgreSQL) to store MRI/CT image data using C language
> interface. I heard something pronounced like: Content-Based Image
> Retrieval.. but I still do not have any idea for a HowTo do on
> postgreSQL database.

This is the 3rd such case that I've heard someone using PostgreSQL to
store MRI images.  While it's non-portable (works on FreeBSD/Linux),
sendfile() and recvfile() would be huge wins for folks in that crowd
(or anyone storing/fetching large files).  There'd be some large
#ifdef sections (~100 lines?) in the backend, possibly in the fe
('nother ~100 lines), but would patches for this be accepted into the
tree if I did the legwork given sendfile()'s non-universal portability
(which seems to be, IMHO, an overly important criteria)?  -sc

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Sean Chittenden