From: | Greg <grigorey(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Protocol & Transmitted Field Data |
Date: | 2010-07-04 19:31:43 |
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Thanks!
--- On Sun, 4/7/10, Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu> wrote:
From: Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Protocol & Transmitted Field Data
To: "Greg" <grigorey(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Date: Sunday, 4 July, 2010, 17:07
On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 04:00:25PM +0000, Greg wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a question regarding field format used to transmit data (when data is transmitted over the protocol): Is there a way to change field format used by database to transmit data from text to binary?
>
> Whats happening: I have 2 columns in a table, both integers, when they transmitted over to client, their values transmitted as a collection of characters e.g. number 1234567 represented as '1' '2' '3' '4' '5' '6' '7' instead of using 4 bytes for int4
>
> Thanks!
>
You need to use PQexecParams() with binary parameters. You can also request the results
in either binary or text:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/libpq-exec.html
Cheers,
Ken
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