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Measure the size of a PostgreSQL table row

I have a PostgreSQL table. select * is very slow whereas select id is nice and quick. I think it may be that the size of the row is very large and it's taking a while to transport, or it may be some ...
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Strategy to handle an SQL Server DB with too many files (BLOBs) in it?

Scenario: SQL Server 2005 database servicing an ASP.NET application (on a separate web servers). Database: DB has about 5GB of "normal" data in it, and about 15GB of "files" (e.g.: a 200k PDF stored ...