Re: Missing library files??

Tom Lane wrote:

>"Tony Griffiths(RA)" <griffitt(at)cs(dot)man(dot)ac(dot)uk> writes:
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>>Fair enough - that's what I half expected. I'm wanting to write some
>>embedded sql that selects a box attribute from a relation - is there any
>>direct way of retrieving a BOX typed value from the select without
>>having to go through decoding the retrieved string. I know I can do this
>>using a binary cursor, but this means moving from embedded sql.
>>
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>The binary representation of BOX wouldn't necessarily be the same on
>client and server machines anyway (surely you don't want to wire in
>an assumption that client and server are on the same kind of hardware).
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>I'd say bite the bullet and parse the ASCII string; it's hardly
>difficult.
>

True, but if you guys decide to change the structure of a box string
down the line then not too good for backwards compatibility. sscanf here
I come....

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> regards, tom lane
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