On Tue, Jul 6, 2021, 14:04 Sudheer H R <sudheer...@tekenlight.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am trying to use libpq for interfacing with PostgreSQL from a C/C++ > based application. > > I have tried to use binary format of data for both sending and receiving > data to and from server (resultFormat = 1). > > As I understand most binary types, int, float etc… are encoded in > bing-endian byte order and they can be converted to appropriate host > specific memory representations. > > However NUMERIC datatype is a more complex structure with multiple ints > and pointers. > > I would like to know if there are published library functions that convert > (to and from) NUMERIC field to say, long double datatype > > > Any pointers in this regard is appreciated. > Why not just use text format for NUMERIC? >
