/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * large_object.h * file of info for Postgres large objects. POSTGRES 4.2 supports * zillions of large objects (internal, external, jaquith, inversion). * Now we only support inversion. * * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * $Id: large_object.h,v 1.24 2001/11/05 17:46:35 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #ifndef LARGE_OBJECT_H #define LARGE_OBJECT_H #include "utils/rel.h" /*---------- * Data about a currently-open large object. * * id is the logical OID of the large object * offset is the current seek offset within the LO * heap_r holds an open-relation reference to pg_largeobject * index_r holds an open-relation reference to pg_largeobject_loid_pn_index * * NOTE: before 7.1, heap_r and index_r held references to the separate * table and index of a specific large object. Now they all live in one rel. *---------- */ typedef struct LargeObjectDesc { Oid id; uint32 offset; /* current seek pointer */ int flags; /* locking info, etc */ /* flag bits: */ #define IFS_RDLOCK (1 << 0) #define IFS_WRLOCK (1 << 1) Relation heap_r; Relation index_r; } LargeObjectDesc; /* * Each "page" (tuple) of a large object can hold this much data * * We could set this as high as BLCKSZ less some overhead, but it seems * better to make it a smaller value, so that not as much space is used * up when a page-tuple is updated. Note that the value is deliberately * chosen large enough to trigger the tuple toaster, so that we will * attempt to compress page tuples in-line. (But they won't be moved off * unless the user creates a toast-table for pg_largeobject...) * * Also, it seems to be a smart move to make the page size be a power of 2, * since clients will often be written to send data in power-of-2 blocks. * This avoids unnecessary tuple updates caused by partial-page writes. */ #define LOBLKSIZE (BLCKSZ / 4) /* * Function definitions... */ /* inversion stuff in inv_api.c */ extern LargeObjectDesc *inv_create(int flags); extern LargeObjectDesc *inv_open(Oid lobjId, int flags); extern void inv_close(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc); extern int inv_drop(Oid lobjId); extern int inv_seek(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc, int offset, int whence); extern int inv_tell(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc); extern int inv_read(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc, char *buf, int nbytes); extern int inv_write(LargeObjectDesc *obj_desc, char *buf, int nbytes); #endif /* LARGE_OBJECT_H */