Hi all,
what is the purpose of two function send and receive
when a new type is defined ? When these two functions
are called ?



Regards
Gaetano Mendola




Fri, 14 May 2004 20:56:28 +0200
Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com>
create type: recv and send function
Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
> what is the purpose of two function send and receive
> when a new type is defined ?

Binary I/O handling.  I'm quite sure this is in the docs...

			regards, tom lane

Fri, 14 May 2004 23:57:00 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: create type: recv and send function 
Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
> ... May be is better insert in the
> doc a real example when those two functions are called.

COPY BINARY, for one.

			regards, tom lane

Sat, 15 May 2004 11:36:11 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: create type: recv and send function 