Bruce Momjian wrote:
> This brings up a good question. Exactly how do users know what format
> _binary_ is? int4 is network byte order, but what about int8, float4,
> inet?
This is exactly what libpqtypes solves. Not only do we handle
formatting of binary formats, we provide a level of protection from
internal format changes for libpq users. See the example here:
http://libpqtypes.esilo.com/. So, documentation of binary formats
(including network byte ordering) are not required.
merlin