Re: [HACKERS] Bytea/Base64 encoders for libpq - interested?

[Bruce Momjian]

> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Where did we leave this?
> 
> I don't think adding a datatype just to provide base64 encoding is
> a wise approach.  The overhead of a new datatype (in the sense of
> providing operators/functions for it) will be much more than the
> benefit.  I think providing encode/decode functions is sufficient...
> and we have those already, don't we?

Agreed.

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