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>pg_lo_import</H1
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>Name</H2
>pg_lo_import -- import a large object from a file<A
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>pg_lo_import <VAR
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>conn</VAR
> <VAR
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>filename</VAR
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> <CODE
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>pg_lo_import</CODE
> reads the specified file and
places the contents into a new large object.
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><VAR
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> The handle of a connection to the database in which to create the large
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><VAR
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> Specified the file from which to import the data.
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> The OID of the large object created.
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> <CODE
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>pg_lo_import</CODE
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