Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Unlike PQexecPrepared(...), binary-format COPY doesn't handle endian and > type size issues for you. You need to convert the data to the database > server's endianness and type sizes, but I don't think the PostgreSQL > protocol provides any way to find those out. The on-the-wire binary format is much better specified than you think. (The documentation of it sucks, however.) It's big-endian in all cases and the datatype sizes are well defined. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance