Thread: create type: recv and send function

Hi all,
what is the purpose of two function send and receive
when a new type is defined ? When these two functions
are called ?



Regards
Gaetano Mendola

Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
> what is the purpose of two function send and receive
> when a new type is defined ?

Binary I/O handling.  I'm quite sure this is in the docs...
        regards, tom lane

Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
> ... May be is better insert in the
> doc a real example when those two functions are called.

COPY BINARY, for one.
        regards, tom lane