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Add libpq comment about how to determine the format used for passing

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binary values.

Add comments to libpq C function for parameter passing.
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Bruce Momjian
2008-06-23 21:10:49 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.258 2008/06/01 16:23:08 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.259 2008/06/23 21:10:49 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="libpq">
<title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
@ -1397,6 +1397,14 @@ PGresult *PQexecParams(PGconn *conn,
If the array pointer is null then all parameters are presumed
to be text strings.
</para>
<para>
Values passed in binary format require knowlege of
the internal representation expected by the backend.
For example, integers must be passed in network byte
order. Passing <type>numeric</> values requires
knowledge of the server storage format, as implemented
in <filename>src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>