Imports a large object from file

Returns an object idenfier (Oid) for the imported large object

Usage

postgresImportLargeObject(conn, filepath = NULL, oid = 0)

Arguments

conn

a PqConnection object, produced by DBI::dbConnect()

filepath

a path to the large object to import

oid

the oid to write to. Defaults to 0 which assigns an unused oid

Value

the identifier of the large object, an integer

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
con <- postgresDefault()
filepath <- 'your_image.png'
dbWithTransaction(con, {
  oid <- postgresImportLargeObject(con, filepath)
})
} # }