Re: float8 transmitted in ascii

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
Cc: Timo Nentwig <postgres(at)nentwig(dot)biz>, List <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: float8 transmitted in ascii
Date: 2015-04-30 16:36:42
Message-ID: 36333.1430411802@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> writes:
> I'm not convinced it is being transmitted in ASCII. It should not be

Transmission in binary would require an assumption that the server and
client share identical floating-point representations, which sure sounds
like a leap of faith from here (or at least blind Intel-centricism).

regards, tom lane

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