/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * large_object.h * Declarations for PostgreSQL large objects. POSTGRES 4.2 supported * zillions of large objects (internal, external, jaquith, inversion). * Now we only support inversion. * * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/large_object.h,v 1.31 2004/12/31 22:03:42 pgsql Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #ifndef LARGE_OBJECT_H #define LARGE_OBJECT_H /*---------- * Data about a currently-open large object. * * id is the logical OID of the large object * subid is the subtransaction that opened the LO (or currently owns it) * offset is the current seek offset within the LO * flags contains some flag bits * * NOTE: before 7.1, we also had to store references to the separate table * and index of a specific large object. Now they all live in pg_largeobject * and are accessed via a common relation descriptor. *---------- */ typedef struct LargeObjectDesc { Oid id; /* LO's identifier */ SubTransactionId subid; /* owning subtransaction ID */ uint32 offset; /* current seek pointer */ int flags; /* locking info, etc */ /* flag bits: */ #define IFS_RDLOCK (1 << 0) #define IFS_WRLOCK (1 << 1) } 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 void close_lo_relation(bool isCommit); 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 */