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2.3.6 Reading Data from a Large Object

The function

int lo_read(PGconn *conn, int fd, char *buf, size_t len);

reads len bytes from large object descriptor fd into buf. The fd argument must have been returned by a previous lo_open. The number of bytes actually read is returned. In the event of an error, the return value is negative.