libpq: PQexecParams, binaryFormat and float

Hi,

I'm having trouble inserting a float into pg using binary format.

Hope someone on the list can help me point out what I'm doing wrong....

float loadavg;

loadavg = htonl(1.23);

paramValues[0] = (char *) &loadavg
paramLengths[0] = sizeof(loadavg);
paramFormats[0] = 1;

res = PQexecParams(conn,
"INSERT INTO cpu (loadavg) VALUES ($1::real)",
1,
NULL,
paramValues,
paramLengths,
paramFormats,
1);

From psql, select returns the value as 1.20765e-38 instead of
1.23.....:(

Thanks

Way

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