Kelly Burkhart <kelly.burkhart@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > I don't see any libpq calls that can, at run-time, tell you things > like what format the timestamp is and what endian-ness the server is. > Is there something I'm missing? The timestamp format can be determined by querying PQparameterStatus for the value of "integer_datetimes". Server endianness is irrelevant because values are always sent big-endian. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general