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.
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