Re: Bytea question

Chris Hoover escribió:
> Hopefully a quick question.
>
> If I store a file into a bytea field, is there anyway for postgres to read
> the contents of the file?

When you say "store a file", do you mean "store a filename"?

> Here is my scenario:
>
> Receive text file
> insert file into bytea field
> insert trigger fires
>  - read file contents
>  - post contents into production tables
>
> Is this at all possible, or am I going to need to store the original file
> and store/pass the file contents?


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