From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | hannu(at)trust(dot)ee (Hannu Krosing) |
Cc: | gerhardr(at)tech-edv(dot)co(dot)at, avd(at)avd(dot)garsib(dot)ru, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, byronn(at)insightdist(dot)com |
Subject: | Re: [INTERFACES] Re: ODBC driver and Dates |
Date: | 1998-04-19 01:16:22 |
Message-ID: | 199804190116.VAA07618@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> It has nothing to do with representation, but how data is transferred
> between client and server. The representation is done et a completely
> different level. It is due to PostgreSQL lacking a common universal
> binary transfer format that these problems have emerged in the first
> place - there is no sharp distinction between internal protocol and
> external representation.
>
> I think it was not meant to be that way at first, as there are special
> placed reserved in pg_type for both type conversion functions :
> typinput/typoutput (presumably machine dependent ones) and
> typreceive/typsend (presumably network-neutral ones),
> somehow they are always the same .
>
> I think that getting a common network-neutral binary format should also
> be in the TODO. Bruce?
This is an interesting idea. It would be good to have more discussion
before I put something on the TODO list. Not sure exactly where we are
going with this.
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