Athletic Awards Database Large-Object Cleanup Policy: Preserve Referenced Photos Before Removing Orphans
An athletic awards database large object cleanup policy defines the sequence for safely identifying and removing PostgreSQL OID-backed large objects that no longer have any referencing row — while guaranteeing that photos still tied to active hall-of-fame inductee profiles, championship displays, and historical team collections are never deleted. Schools and athletic departments that maintain athlete recognition databases over many years accumulate silent orphans from routine record deletions, season migrations, and data corrections. A written policy brings that accumulation under controlled governance before it becomes a disk-space or data-integrity problem.
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