James William Pye <pgsql(at)jwp(dot)name> writes:
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 4:45 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Huh? I don't see why... you might have such a limitation in a
>> particular driver, but not in the protocol.
> Oh? I know when you bind a prepared statement you have the ability
> state the formats of each column, but I'm not aware of the protocol's
> capacity to reconfigure the formats of an already existing cursor; ie,
> a DECLARE'd cursor. I know you can use the Describe message to learn
> about the cursor's column types and formats....
You'd do it while Binding a FETCH command.
regards, tom lane