Datafiles binary portable?

From: Stephen Harris <lists(at)spuddy(dot)org>
To: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Datafiles binary portable?
Date: 2006-11-28 16:00:35
Message-ID: 20061128160035.GA31409@pugwash.spuddy.org
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This is probably a silly question, but are the database files binary portable?
eg could I take datafiles from a Sparc and copy them to an Intel machine,
or would the endianness differences kill me?

I expect the answer to be "funny man! Of course not!" for reasons of speed
(native interger handling being quicker than forcing network-endianness,
for example) but you never know...

How about cross OS (eg from Linux Intel to Windows XP, or from Solaris Intel
to Linux Intel)?

(I almost expected this to be a FAQ, but I didn't see it there).

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rgds
Stephen

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