Hi Matteo, 2013/6/26 Matteo Beccati <p...@beccati.com>
> I have mixed feelings... I see where this might come in handy, but I > think it would be a bit too user-unfriendly. > I have mixed feelings for supporting direct binary support, too. Main intension is faster bytea(binary) handling. Without binary support, client has to encode binary via pg_escape_bytea and server decode it before saving bytea data. When selecting, server encode it by using PQescapeByeta algorithm, then client decode it by pg_unescape_bytea. > PDO_pgsql on the other hand, when used with explicit parameter binding, > could automatically use binary format for LOB fields. > AFAIK, PDO doesn't handle bytea data natively. There may be clever usage, but binary support is only for faster bytea handling. API isn't great, so if there are objections, I'll spend time rather than this. Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohg...@ohgaki.net
