Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> No, it'll be a 1-byte header with length indicating that no bytes >> follow,
> Well, in my idea, 10000001 would be 0x01. I was going to use the > remaining 7 bits for the 7-bit ascii value. Huh? I thought you said 00000001 would be 0x01, that is, high bit clear means a single byte containing an ASCII character. You could reverse that but it just seems to make things harder --- the byte isn't a correct data byte by itself, as it would be with the other convention. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq