On 28/02/2011 10:42 PM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
Actually, this has always been a compile time option on the server as far as i remember and there is protocol support for it -- libpq tells you how it has been set...you've always had to deal with this (libpqtypes, which I've mentioned several times as the correct way to 'do' binary with libpq, handles this for you). Only the default setting was changed.
Ah. Thanks for clarifying that. It sounds like binary transfer is best for date, timestamp, and bytea. -- Craig Ringer Tech-related writing at http://soapyfrogs.blogspot.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general