Hello,
I have postgresql 8.3.9 database. Now I am working on reading file
from bytea data and save to filesystem.
I am using Npgsql.dll on c#.net.

First I have using OpenERP to upload a file to postgres database in
bytea column. The original file size is 104,960 bytes and .doc
extension.
Then I read the bytea data and save it to file system, its size
becomes 141,790 bytes. This file cannot be opened however its
extension is .doc.

What is going on?

My c# code is below:

NpgsqlCommand cmd = new NpgsqlCommand("SELECT bytea_col
FROM TableTest LIMIT 1", Conn);
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream("c:\test.doc",
FileMode.Create))
{
byte[] rawbytes = (byte[])cmd.ExecuteScalar();
stream.Write(rawbytes, 0, rawbytes.Length);
stream.Close();
}

On 2011-01-21, orgilhp <orgilhp (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
possibly you need to do unescape_bytea() or equivalent to the returned bytea value

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