On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Bryan (Mailing Lists) wrote:
>
> Docs aside, I'm looking for a data type that will hold lengthy stings, > 8k.
> Evidently a blob is what I need to use? But I don't see blobs listed as a
> data type under Table 3-1, "Postgres Data Types".
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/user/datatype.htm
>
> More direction would be appreciated..
>
> Thanks again in advance,
> Bryan
My understanding is that JDBC blobs == PG large objects. The data type
you'll need to use is OID (Object ID). Have a look in the docs under
interfaces, Large Objects (largeobjects.htm) and JDBC (jdbc.htm)
-Cedar