Koen Vermeer wrote: > Instead of base64 encoding, I guess it would be easier to just escape > the required bytes and store them in a bytea. Actually, if you have access to the pqExecParams() call, you can pass the bytes to a bytea column unescaped, which AFAIK saves some processing on both the client and server. To get the bytes back unescaped, I think you could use a binary cursor. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend