Re: JDBC and Blobs

Dev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a field in my database table of type OID which is suppose to be
used to store binary data. I plan on using the setBlob and getBlob methods
for storing and retrieving entries from the table. Is that the right way to
proceed? If I delete a row in that table , will it delete the binary data
as well from the database server?

I haven't used it myself, but my understanding is that deleting the row 
will NOT free the associated blob. The oid is only a reference to the
blob.

You probably want the `lo' contrib module:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/lo.html

--
Craig Ringer

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