On 3/2/2016 9:36 PM, david@andl.org wrote:
> [dmb>] This is fairly easy for ints and reals, but is particularly a problem for all the variable length types (eg
text,time and decimal).
all the text types are simply a 32bit length and an array of
characters. you need to be aware of the encoding, and null is just
another character.
single and double real/floats are stored in standard x86 IEEE floating
point.
the date and time types are all fixed lengths, mostly a long int or two.
numeric in postgres is a bit tricky. its a decimal number stored in
base 10000 as a series of short integers, and can represent. does your
language even have a decimal or BCD or something numeric type?
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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz