> The postgresql docs, I posted the url didn't I?
Uh, yes. I'm familiar with that document, and it is accurate, at least
on that topic.
> So according to this, the large objects are stored in the table But
> from what I gather from the earlier large object talk, and from my
> own observation, postgres uses external files. Am I deluded? Am I
> missing something?
Yes and yes again :)
The current large object implementation stores and accesses files within
the Postgres server. All access to the files happen through the standard
client-server connection.
Internally, Postgres stores all information in files, one file per
table, index, or large object. The large object files can be identified
with a file prefix of "xinv_" (I think; didn't check so it may be
something else) within the internal data storage directory
$(PGDATA)/base/dbname/
Hope this helps...
- Tom