Binary Data

Reference: Binary Data Types

Binary data can be stored as bytea byte arrays. Binary blobs can store arbitrary data in opaque binary strings, which differentiates them, e.g., from text. Input data can be specified as hex or PostgreSQL compatible bytea escape format.

Usage Example

create table example (
    data blob
);
insert into example
    values (bytea '\xDEADBEEF'), (bytea 'abc \153\154\155'), (blob '\xff');
select * from example;

       data       
------------------
 \xdeadbeef
 \x616263206b6c6d
 \xff
(3 rows)

While binary blobs can hold arbitrary data of up to 4GB, we recommend to avoid storing overly large data within your database. For reading queries, CedarDB optimizes columns that are not accessed and blob columns that are not part of the query have no performance impact. However, such columns still come with downsides when modifying data due to the transactional consistency guarantees that CedarDB provides.

As an alternative, consider storing large files (>1MB) on the file system or a cloud object store like S3, and only store a file path or URL in a text field.

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