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Unsupported versions: 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1
Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.1 reached end of support in April 2006. See the current manual for supported releases.

tell

Name

tell -- returns current position in the large object

Synopsis

tell()

Parameters

none

Return Type

integer

Current position in the object.

Exceptions

SyntaxError

Too many arguments.

IOError

Object is not opened, or seek error.

pg.error

Invalid connection or invalid object.

Description

tell() method allows to get the current position in the large object.

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