A function for decoding a byte string into a value.

Any of PostgreSQL integer types.

A UTF-8-encoded char.

Any of the variable-length character types: BPCHAR, VARCHAR, NAME and TEXT.

Decoding strategy depends on whether the server supportsinteger_datetimes.

Decoding strategy depends on whether the server supportsinteger_datetimes.

Decoding strategy depends on whether the server supportsinteger_datetimes.

Decoding strategy depends on whether the server supportsinteger_datetimes.

Arbitrary array.

Returns an intermediate representation, which can then be used to decode into a specific data type.