Re: [HACKERS] libpq and Binary Data Formats

2007-06-05 Thread Tom Lane
Richard Huxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wilhansen Li wrote: >> Basically, better support for binary formats which includes, but not >> limited >> to: >> 1) functions for converting to and from various datatypes >> 2) reducing the need to convert to and from network byte order >> 3) better doc

Re: [HACKERS] libpq and Binary Data Formats

2007-06-05 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 6/4/07, Wilhansen Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: First of all, apologies if this was not meant to be a feedback/wishlist mailing list. Binary formats in libpq has been (probably) a long issue (refer to the listings below) and I want to express my hope that the next revision of PostgreSQL would

Re: [HACKERS] libpq and Binary Data Formats

2007-06-05 Thread Richard Huxton
Wilhansen Li wrote: Basically, better support for binary formats which includes, but not limited to: 1) functions for converting to and from various datatypes 2) reducing the need to convert to and from network byte order 3) better documentation My suggestion on using ASN.1 was merely a naive s

Re: [HACKERS] libpq and Binary Data Formats

2007-06-04 Thread Wilhansen Li
Basically, better support for binary formats which includes, but not limited to: 1) functions for converting to and from various datatypes 2) reducing the need to convert to and from network byte order 3) better documentation My suggestion on using ASN.1 was merely a naive suggestion on how in ca

Re: [HACKERS] libpq and Binary Data Formats

2007-06-04 Thread Richard Huxton
Wilhansen Li wrote: First of all, apologies if this was not meant to be a feedback/wishlist mailing list. Binary formats in libpq has been (probably) a long issue (refer to the listings below) and I want to express my hope that the next revision of PostgreSQL would have better support for binary