Re: [PATCH] Support reading large objects with pg_read_all_data

Nitin Motiani <nitinmotiani@google.com>

From: Nitin Motiani <nitinmotiani@google.com>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
Cc: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2026-02-13T12:05:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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Thanks Nathan for the feedback.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the new patch.  Please create a commitfest entry so that this
> patch 1) isn't forgotten and 2) gets tested by cfbot.
>

I have created the commitfest entry
https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/6485/.

> nitpick: I usually try to make small doc updates in a way that doesn't
> disturb the surrounding lines so that we retain as much git history as
> possible.
>

Changed the formatting in the doc.

>
> I'd suggest simplifying this a bit by borrowing some lines from the
> surrounding tests.

Changed the test based on your suggestions.

Attaching the latest patch.

Regards,
Nitin Motiani
Google

Commits

  1. Allow pg_{read,write}_all_data to access large objects.