On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:54:01 -0500, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eric Merritt <cyberlync@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I am in the middle of implementing postgresql's client server > > protocol and I have run into a little issue. The spec says that in > > general data can be of two types, 'text' and 'binary'. The text one is > > generally pretty simple to figure out. However, there doesn't seem to > > be any area of the docs that details format for 'binary' data. > > Generally you have to look at the send/recv routines for the specific > data type that you are wondering about. Ik, ok I can do that. Any pointers to the particular sourcefile these are implemented in? > Sooner or later the comments on > those routines should be transposed into the SGML documentation, but it > hasn't happened yet. > > (There's still a strong streak of "use the source, Luke" in this > community, if you hadn't noticed...) Yea, but its all C and C hurts my eyes. ;) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
