About the stability of COPY BINARY data

From: Dominique Devienne <ddevienne(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: About the stability of COPY BINARY data
Date: 2024-11-06 16:20:12
Message-ID: CAFCRh-9W8mXh9MfRe-Z5bAcN5FVbsXuSW60-QPVMB1jHC4+bzQ@mail.gmail.com
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From https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-copy.html:
|> binary-format file is less portable across machine architectures
and PostgreSQL versions

In my experience, the binary encoding of binding/resultset/copy is
endian neutral (network byte order), so what is the less portable
across machine architectures that warning about?

Also, does the code for per-type _send() and _recv() functions really change
across versions of PostgreSQL? How common are instances of such
changes across versions? Any examples of such backward-incompatible
changes, in the past?

The binary data contains OIDs, but if sticking to built-in types,
which OIDs are unlikely to change across versions?

I'm obviously storing COPY BINARY data (we have lots of bytea
columns), and I wonder how bad it is long term, and across PostgreSQL
versions.

Thanks for any insights, --DD

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