Re: [GENERAL] medical image on postgreSQL?

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Sean Chittenden wrote:

> > Apologize.. this posting may not relevance enough to this group.  I
> > am very much a newbie to posgreSQL database programming and would
> > like assistance. I am finding an example how to use the database
> > (postgreSQL) to store MRI/CT image data using C language
> > interface. I heard something pronounced like: Content-Based Image
> > Retrieval.. but I still do not have any idea for a HowTo do on
> > postgreSQL database.
> 
> This is the 3rd such case that I've heard someone using PostgreSQL to
> store MRI images.  While it's non-portable (works on FreeBSD/Linux),
> sendfile() and recvfile() would be huge wins for folks in that crowd
> (or anyone storing/fetching large files).  There'd be some large
> #ifdef sections (~100 lines?) in the backend, possibly in the fe
> ('nother ~100 lines), but would patches for this be accepted into the
> tree if I did the legwork given sendfile()'s non-universal portability
> (which seems to be, IMHO, an overly important criteria)?  -sc

I'm not familiar with sendfile() recfile().  Are they in contrib 
somewhere?