Re: Upgrade from 7.3.4 to 7.4.6

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Cliff Reid" <creid(at)proximitygroup(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrade from 7.3.4 to 7.4.6
Date: 2004-11-01 17:20:04
Message-ID: 15086.1099329604@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Cliff Reid" <creid(at)proximitygroup(dot)com> writes:
> My instant analysis: It seems to not like BINARY CURSOR. When I remove
> BINARY from the SQL DECLARE string, I no longer receive the seg-fault but
> the data results (presentation) are not as expected.

7.4 changed the external representation in which BINARY CURSOR results
are delivered. Before 7.4 you got the (very machine- and even version-
dependent) server internal representation; now you get an on-the-wire
representation that we hope to keep stable.

regards, tom lane

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