Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix up text concatenation so that it accepts all the reasonable - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Markus Schiltknecht
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix up text concatenation so that it accepts all the reasonable
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Msg-id 46EE7F62.7090909@bluegap.ch
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix up text concatenation so that it accepts all the reasonable  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix up text concatenation so that it accepts all the reasonable
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Hi,

Gregory Stark wrote:
> Perhaps if you're doing some form of replication between different
> architectures you might want to use binary representation for your transfers.
> Or if you're doing something in a PL language like compressing or bundling up
> multiple data in a container format or something.

I'm not quite sure I understand where you're coming from, but isn't that 
what the send and recv functions for most data types are for? Don't 
those provide a cross-platform compatible binary representation?

Regards

Markus


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