I'm not sure what you're suggesting. Is it: 
my $value = "111";
$dbh->do("insert into foo(id, test) values (8, ?)", undef, $value);

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Certainly that will allow an insert, but then 111 becomes the value of the column, not an OID. Exporting it therefore doesn't work: 
foobar=> select lo_export('test', '/tmp/x') from foo where id=8;
ERROR:  pg_atoi: error in "test": can't parse "test"

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If the OID is a valid number, I imagine it will work, but then I still have to insert the data and get an OID, which puts me back to using lo_import. Or did I misunderstand your suggestion?

In reply to RE: Re: Difficulty inserting a large object using DBD::Pg (kudra: int->OID possible, but doesn't fix ) by kudra
in thread Difficulty inserting a large object using DBD::Pg by kudra

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