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Documentation → PostgreSQL 7.3

Unsupported versions: 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1

Historical version. PostgreSQL 7.3 has reached end of support. See the current manual.

loimport

Name

loimport -- import a file to a PostgreSQL large object [LO]

Synopsis

loimport(filename)

Parameters

filename: The name of the file to be imported (string).

Return Type

pglarge: Object handling the PostgreSQL large object.

Exceptions

TypeError: Bad argument type or too many arguments.
pg.error: Invalid connection, or error during file import.

Description

loimport() method allows to create large objects in a very simple way. You just give the name of a file containing the data to be use.

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