Re: Re: [Oledb-dev] double precision error with pg linux server, but not with windows pg server

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Shachar Shemesh <shachar(at)shemesh(dot)biz>, Julian Heeb <heebj2000(at)yahoo(dot)de>, oledb-devel(at)pgfoundry(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [Oledb-dev] double precision error with pg linux server, but not with windows pg server
Date: 2007-05-19 21:02:07
Message-ID: 18207.1179608527@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> I agree in principle that the wire protocol should be
> platform-independent.

The *TEXT* format is for that. The problem here is that Shachar is
insisting on using binary format in a context where it is inappropriate.
Binary format has other goals that are not always compatible with 100%
platform independence --- that's unfortunate, sure, but it's reality.

regards, tom lane

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