Re: libpq: binary data vs textual

The claw "no, it wont switch." is enaugh. I think it's a good manner to use
some default settings - will read textual data.
Thanks!

16 января 2011 г. 18:11 пользователь Andy Colson <andy(at)squeakycode(dot)net>написал:

> On 01/16/2011 09:07 AM, Andy Colson wrote:
>
>> On 01/16/2011 08:13 AM, Вячеслав Блинников wrote:
>>
>>> Database returns information from "integer" and "biging" fields as
>>> text (values represented as string which must be read via
>>> atoi()/atol()) - is there a way to retrieve such data as binary? Will
>>> not PostgreSQL suddenly start return information in binary format
>>> (while I will continue read it as text)?
>>>
>>
>> I assume you mean using libpq.
>>
>> 0) yes, you can get it as binary.
>> 1) no, it wont switch.
>> 2) you get to specify what format the server will return info, when you
>> use PQexecParams().
>>
>> See the paramFormats argument.
>>
>>
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-EXEC-MAIN
>>
>> -Andy
>>
>>
> I assume you mean using libpq.
>>
>
> Oops. libpq, right in the subject... Jeez... sorry about that.
>
> -Andy
>