X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 214C5D1D1D5 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:58:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21385-05 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:58:23 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay1-f86.bay1.hotmail.com [65.54.245.86]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E45BBD1CC93 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:58:19 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:58:23 -0700 Received: from 63.87.36.74 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:58:22 GMT X-Originating-IP: [63.87.36.74] X-Originating-Email: [bplummer@hotmail.com] X-Sender: bplummer@hotmail.com From: "brian plummer" To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Subject: I hope I'm missing something... Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:58:22 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Apr 2004 23:58:23.0085 (UTC) FILETIME=[DC4571D0:01C4298E] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200404/59 X-Sequence-Number: 4880 I've just spent some time looking at the libpq API and it appears that I cannot process the actual field data from a select statement in the native type of that field. Is this correct? For example, if I have an IEEE floating point number stored in a table and I exec a select to get this field, my expectation is that when I process my results I will be able to get a pointer to an IEEE floating point number in my libpq program. It does not appear that this functionality exists in libpq. Could someone confirm this. The analogous function in Sybase dblibrary would be dbdata(...). If I'm wrong, and it is possible to do what I need to do, please point me in the right direction. Thanks for your time, Brian _________________________________________________________________ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/