From: jtv@xs4all.nl
To: Marvin Bellamy <marvin.bellamy@innovision.com>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: libpq: Newbie help w/ data type conversions on
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:29:04 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <24826.202.47.227.25.1112239744.squirrel@202.47.227.25> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <424ADDC0.8070603@innovision.com>
References: <424ADDC0.8070603@innovision.com>
> I'm coming from a Java background, so I'm relatively new to C/C++ in
> general. I want to convert the data retrieved from a field to an
> "external" data type I can use; specifically a datetime or a timestamp.
> It looks like the only option for retrieving field data is as raw bytes,
> but I haven't found any information on mapping those byte streams to
> structures.
Actually, values are delivered as C-style strings by default. So it may
help get a feel for things if you print a few of them out to the console.
> Also, is there any sort of a libpq API, or are you just stuck with
> perusing header files?
In C and C++, header files are normally the way to define an API.
> I had zero luck following the build instructions for libpqxx on Windows,
> so it looks like libpq is my only option for now.
Perhaps that can be fixed. What problems did you run into, and using
which compiler exactly?
Jeroen
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