| From: | Paul Matthews <plm(at)netspace(dot)net(dot)au> |
|---|---|
| To: | Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: binary compat |
| Date: | 2009-09-01 10:48:49 |
| Message-ID: | 4A9CFC11.2020300@netspace.net.au |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been idly thinking about binary COPY and recent performance efforts
> spent on it. The main problem I have with binary output is that I never
> know when it'll be any useful (except very same hardware and PostgreSQL
> setup)... useful meaning I get to read it back into some database.
>
If you want a binary cross compatible, how about something well known,
standardized, simple and cross platform like XDR?
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1014.html
--
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it.
Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Pierre Frédéric Caillaud | 2009-09-01 10:54:07 | Re: binary compat |
| Previous Message | Marko Kreen | 2009-09-01 09:16:23 | Re: binary compat |