"Luke Lonergan" <llonergan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Last I looked at the Postgres binary dump format, it was not portable or > efficient enough to suit the need. The efficiency problem with it was that > there was descriptive information attached to each individual data item, as > compared to the approach where that information is specified once for the > data group as a template for input. Are you complaining about the length words? Get real... regards, tom lane