Nathan, I'm trying this code:
var eventTimeStamp = buffer.readUInt64BE(0); but get the following error: var eventTimeStamp = buffer.readUInt64BE(0); ^ TypeError: Object What am I missing? Ben On 21 June 2012 22:06, Ben Short <b...@benshort.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks Nathan that looks like just what I'm after. > > > On 21 June 2012 21:52, Nathan Rajlich <nat...@tootallnate.net> wrote: > >> My "ref"[1] module can do this. It extends Buffer.prototype with the >> missing {read,write}{U}Int64{LE,BE] functions by calling into native >> functions. It can accept Strings with big integers inside of it and it will >> strtoll or strtoull the value in C-land. It also returns Strings when the >> value being returned is outside the range of a valid JS Number. >> >> Cheers! >> >> 1: https://github.com/TooTallNate/ref >> >> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tim Caswell <t...@creationix.com> wrote: >> >>> Keep in mind that you'll lose precision when converting it to a native >>> javascript number. JS numbers are defined to be double floats. (though I >>> head long type is coming in future JS) >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Ben Short <b...@benshort.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> After searching this group I got it to work using the long class [1] >>>> >>>> code snipit: >>>> >>>> var Long = require('./long.js').Long; >>>> >>>> var high = buffer.readUInt32BE(0); >>>> var low = buffer.readUInt32BE(4); >>>> >>>> var l = Long.fromBits(low, high); >>>> >>>> var timestamp = l.toNumber(); >>>> >>>> >>>> [1] https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/blob/master/lib/bson/long.js >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:15:05 PM UTC+1, Ben Short wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying out nodejs as a TCP server. The client server protocol is >>>>> binary and the first value is a unsigned 64bit integer. The actual value >>>>> in >>>>> this 8 byte's is a unix epoch such as 1340304234643. The bytes are in >>>>> network byte order/big endian. >>>>> >>>>> Is there anyway that I'm going to be able to read this value in nodejs? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Ben >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>>> Posting guidelines: >>>> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>> Posting guidelines: >>> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >>> >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en