Re: BUG #4053: libpq documentation should express clearly, that integers are passed in network octet order

[Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>]

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Aleksej Saushev wrote:
> > The following bug has been logged online:
> >
> > Bug reference:      4053
> > Logged by:          Aleksej Saushev
> > Email address:      asau(at)inbox(dot)ru
> > PostgreSQL version: 8.3
> > Operating system:   NetBSD, but this does no matter
> > Description:        libpq documentation should express clearly, that
> > integers are passed in network octet order
> > Details: 
> >
> > The documentation on PQexecParams is silent about the precise format,
> > expected by server for binary parameters, it should be more explicit 
> > and note that integers are expected in network octet order.
>
> This brings up a good question.  Exactly how do users know what format
> _binary_ is?  int4 is network byte order, but what about int8, float4,
> inet?

They don't have to if they use the libpqtypes library :)

project: http://pgfoundry.org/projects/libpqtypes/
online docs: http://libpqtypes.esilo.com/

andrew