How to insert a outlook mail msg as an element in a row in PostgresSQL

Question

I need to develop a system in which a requester will upload an outlook *.msg file having approval for the request. How can I save(Insert) this *.msg file in PostgreSql row of approval table. The business logic is developed in Java.

Answer 1

You should store email messages as bytea fields, because they might be in any text encoding. So you would:

• Create a ByteArrayInputStream that points to the message file; and

• Use a JDBC parameterized INSERT or UPDATE , inserting the data with PreparedStatement.setBinaryStream(...) into a bytea field.

See:

• JDBC Tutorial - prepared statements

• PgJDBC - storing binary data