Re: [Patch] Binary Transfer v12

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mikko Tiihonen <mikko(dot)tiihonen(at)nitorcreations(dot)com>
Cc: Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, Jesper Pedersen *EXTERN* <jesper(dot)pedersen(at)jboss(dot)org>, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [Patch] Binary Transfer v12
Date: 2009-06-03 15:25:40
Message-ID: 5215.1244042740@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Mikko Tiihonen <mikko(dot)tiihonen(at)nitorcreations(dot)com> writes:
> The protocol messages itself are well defined, but I cannot find any
> documentation about the data value contents because there is no official
> documentation. I had to just guess how the values are stored.

"Use the source, Luke" ... you're supposed to consult the backend
"foo_send" and "foo_recv" routines if you are in doubt about the
on-the-wire representation of type foo. Someday we should get around
to transposing that information into the SGML docs, but it's not a
real high-priority item.

regards, tom lane

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