Hannu Krosing wrote: > ?hel kenal p?eval, R, 2006-09-15 kell 19:18, kirjutas Tom Lane: > > 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. > > why not go all the way, and do utf-7 encoded header if hi bit is set ? > > or just always have an utf-8 encoded header.
This is a special zero-length header case. We only have one byte. Doing a utf8 length call to span to the next column is too expensive. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
