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Re: Convertion of date/time binary format to text format


  • From: Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo(at)ttnet(dot)net(dot)tr>
  • To: "Mavinakuli, Prasanna (STSD)" <prasanna(dot)b-m(at)hp(dot)com>
  • Cc: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: Convertion of date/time binary format to text format
  • Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:53:51 +0200
  • Message-id: <20051227185351.GA546@alamut> <text/plain>

On Dec 23 12:25, Mavinakuli, Prasanna (STSD) wrote:
> So how can I get the ASCII format/Text format from that binary
> format.
> 
> Please get me the steps to convert timestamp column which is of
> binary mode to TEXT/ASCII mode

I attached an example program which answers your question. Hope
this helps.

(I skipped byte order conversions in my example for simplicity. Don't
forget 'em in your own program for portability.)


Regards.

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Attachment: libpq_binary_date.c
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