"Merlin Moncure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Even binary data? ie. You could upload a binary string straight into >> PQexecParams with no octal conversion?
> Well, what it means you do not have to escape data at the protocol level > you don't have to be concerned about formatting the query string. > However the server still may still need to interpret the data for > storage...meaning for the bytea type at least you have to do octal > encoding (at least that's what I do, I'd like nothing better than to be > corrected on this point). Not if you send the bytea parameter in binary format. If you send it in text format that's true. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])