PG_LO_OPEN(n)

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💅 PG_LO_OPEN 💅

okay so this is a page from the PostgreSQL Tcl Interface Documentation bestie, and we're talking about pg_lo_open — the little command that cracks open a large object for you. no cap, it's a whole vibe. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pg_lo_open — open a large object 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pg_lo_open conn loid mode

three little arguments, that's it, that's the whole thing, slay 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

pg_lo_open opens a large object.

literally that's what it does!! it's giving "open the door bestie" energy for large objects. 🚪✨

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • conn — the handle of a connection to the database in which the large object exists. like, your connection's lil ID card — the large object has to live in that database, iykyk. 👑
  • loid — the OID of the large object. that's the object's actual identifier, its main character name tag. ⭐
  • mode — specifies the access mode for the large object. Mode can be either r, w, or rw. so: r for reading, w for writing, rw for both. pick your fighter, no mixing beyond those three fr fr. 🔥

🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

a descriptor for use in later large-object commands. 🎫

like a lil ticket you hold onto — you need it when you come back for the other large-object commands later. don't lose it!! 😭🫶

🌸 reminder bestie: the mode has to be exactly one of r, w, or rw — those are the only three on the menu. periodt. 💀

and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this iconic lil doc comes to you from the PostgreSQL Tcl Interface Documentation, dated 17 September 2020. 🗓️✨ bye bestie, go open some large objects responsibly 💜🧚

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