On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Fernando Nasser wrote:
> Kris Jurka wrote:
> >
> > In an attempt to clarify, are you really trying to say that the
> > performance of bytea is poor without the V3 protocol, so it is better to
> > use large objects unless security is a requirement because other database
> > users can potentially view your large objects?
> >
>
> Yes.
>
>
> >
> >>You would need a patch to use bytea with 7.3 but it is not an ideal
> >>solution so you should avoid it (it has not been incorporated to the
> >>sources so you would have to get into the business of building the
> >>driver yourself).
> >
> >
> > What patch is needed for bytea and 7.3?
> >
>
> I believe I've posted it (I can repost if necessary).
>
The only thing relevent I can see is
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jdbc/2003-06/msg00027.php
which concerns a server bug which doesn't manifest itself if you have an
ascii or unicode database. I thought you were refering to a JDBC driver
patch.
Kris Jurka