Re: BYTEA

On 01/17/2016 11:33 AM, Eugene Yin wrote:
> Pg 9.4+
>
> Storing binary data using bytea
> <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/datatype-binary.html> or text
> <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/datatype-character.html> data
> types
>
>   * Pluses
>       o Storing and Accessing entry utilizes the same interface when
>         accessing any other data type or record.
>       o No need to track OID of a "large object" you create
>   * Minus
>       o bytea and text data type both use TOAST
>         <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/storage-toast.html>
>         (details here <https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/TOAST>)
>           + limited to 1G per entry
>           + 4 Billion (> 2KB) entries per table max
>             <https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/TOAST>.
>       o *Need to escape/encode binary data before sending to DB then do
>         the reverse after retrieving the data *
>       o Memory requirements on the server can be steep even on a small
>         record set.
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/BinaryFilesInDB
>
>
>
> Do I  really *Need to escape/encode binary data before sending to DB
> then do the reverse after retrieving the data?*
> *
> *
> If so, what (*Java*) codes should I use to achieve this goal (I am using
> the Java to interface with the DB)?

https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/94/binary-data.html

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