Re: BLOBs etc

Thomas Hallgren wrote:
> Oliver Jowett wrote:
>
>> The "different ways" involve different transaction semantics. You
>> can't currently deal with LOBs when autocommit is on. How would you
>> deal with that?
>>
> I'm aware that the transaction semantics are somewhat different and I've
>  proposed a solution for that on the hackers list. Please read my
> proposal in thread "Status of the server side Large Object support".

The thread in question is a month old; here's an archive link for the
benefit of the list:

   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-11/msg01018.php

The followups seemed to be along the lines of "use EXTERNAL storage and
improve bytea to support partial updates". Is your proposal a serious
candidate for merging?

-O