Re: binary representation of datatypes

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:21:38AM +0200, Matthieu Imbert wrote:
> I would like to be able to get results from SQL commands directly in a
> binary format, instead of a textual one. Actually, I want to be able to
> get timestamps with their full precision (microsecond).

Are you sure you cannot get those in textual mode? If so I wonder why I got
some numbers in a quick test:

...
[NO_PID]: ecpg_execute on line 37: query: select  *  from date_test where d =  $1   ; with 1 parameter(s) on connection
regress1
[NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
[NO_PID]: ecpg_execute on line 37: using PQexecParams
[NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
[NO_PID]: free_params on line 37: parameter 1 = 1966-01-17
[NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
[NO_PID]: ecpg_execute on line 37: correctly got 1 tuples with 2 fields
[NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
[NO_PID]: ecpg_get_data on line 37: RESULT: 1966-01-17 offset: -1; array: yes
[NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
[NO_PID]: ecpg_get_data on line 37: RESULT: 2000-07-12 17:34:29.140787 offset: -1; array: yes
[NO_PID]: sqlca: code: 0, state: 00000
...

What do I miss here?

Michael
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