Re: Re: [Oledb-dev] double precision error with pg linux server, but not with windows pg server - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> I agree in principle that the wire protocol should be 
> platform-independent.

The *TEXT* format is for that.  The problem here is that Shachar is
insisting on using binary format in a context where it is inappropriate.
Binary format has other goals that are not always compatible with 100%
platform independence --- that's unfortunate, sure, but it's reality.
        regards, tom lane