postgresImportLargeObject function

Imports a large object from file

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

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

Returns

the identifier of the large object, an integer

Examples

## Not run:

con <- postgresDefault()
filepath <- 'your_image.png'
dbWithTransaction(con, {
  oid <- postgresImportLargeObject(con, filepath)
})
## End(Not run)