Re: Extending varlena

Andrew,

> I always find these requests puzzling.  Is it really useful to store the
> data for a jpeg, video file or a 10GB tar ball in a database column?

Some people find it useful.  Because LOs are actually easier to manage in 
PG than in most other DBMSes, right now that's a significant source of 
PostgreSQL adoption.  I'd like to encourage those users by giving them 
more useful LO features.

-- 
--Josh

Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL
San Francisco