Re: PQgetvalue failed to return column value for non-text data in binary format

["Jeroen T. Vermeulen" <jtv(at)xs4all(dot)nl>]

On Tue, May 22, 2007 04:46, Jeff Lynn wrote:

> This is interesting position to be taken by PostgreSQL.  For simple
> query, particularly with regards to reporting, one can go about using
> text for all column.  But a lot of time, I deal with large dataset
> ingestions and extracts that tends to take many hours to perform.  So I
> usually prefer binary form data for performance reason.  To that end, I
> found there is a significant different in the time it takes to ingest or
> extract data from one database to another database of totally different
> vendor.  Most of our company's works are done in Java nowadays, but for
> large data ingestions/extract/conversion, a C program out performs Java
> program fair and square, no debate there (based on actual run-time
> data).  For clarification, we deal with various business partners that
> we have to import/export large amount of data between heterogeneous
> databases that the wonderful technology of database replication does not
> apply for our use.

For that kind of thing, may I suggest you try using the COPY API?  That
may buy you more speed than transferring data in binary form
would—particularly for insertions.


Jeroen