Note this new discussion which would make result format more flexible https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/40cbb35d-774f-23ed-3079-03f938aac...@2ndquadrant.com
On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 04:52:15PM +0100, Christoph Zwerschke wrote: > Am 14.12.2018 um 15:11 schrieb Justin Pryzby: > > I doubt it's easily possible, but what would it take to receive data > > in binary format ? > > Yes, it's not so easy: "Values passed in binary format require knowledge of > the internal representation expected by the backend. For example, integers > must be passed in network byte order. Passing numeric values requires > knowledge of the server storage format, as implemented in > src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c::numeric_send() and > src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c::numeric_recv()." I fear the internal > representation might also change between Postgres versions. > > > Note that libpq doesn't allow the possibility to handling binary only > > for "easy" columns types like ints, it's all or nothing. > > Right. But note that this is only true for the result format, not for the > parameter formats - they can be different (specify in paramFormats). _______________________________________________ PyGreSQL mailing list PyGreSQL@Vex.Net https://mail.vex.net/mailman/listinfo/pygresql
