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>pg_lo_tell</H1
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>pg_lo_tell -- return the current seek position of a large object<A
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>pg_lo_tell <VAR
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>conn</VAR
> <VAR
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>descriptor</VAR
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> <CODE
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>pg_lo_tell</CODE
> returns the current read/write
position in bytes from the beginning of the large object.
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><VAR
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> The handle of a connection to the database in which the large object
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> A descriptor for the large object from
<CODE
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>pg_lo_open</CODE
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> A zero-based offset in bytes suitable for input to
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