Re: libpq: binary data vs textual - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 01/16/2011 09:07 AM, Andy Colson wrote:
> On 01/16/2011 08:13 AM, Вячеслав Блинников wrote:
>> Database returns information from "integer" and "biging" fields as
>> text (values represented as string which must be read via
>> atoi()/atol()) - is there a way to retrieve such data as binary? Will
>> not PostgreSQL suddenly start return information in binary format
>> (while I will continue read it as text)?
>
> I assume you mean using libpq.
>
> 0) yes, you can get it as binary.
> 1) no, it wont switch.
> 2) you get to specify what format the server will return info, when you use PQexecParams().
>
> See the paramFormats argument.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-EXEC-MAIN
>
> -Andy
>

> I assume you mean using libpq.

Oops.  libpq, right in the subject... Jeez... sorry about that.

-Andy