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<title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>

For example, integers must be passed in network byte

order. Passing <type>numeric</> values requires

knowledge of the server storage format, as implemented

in <filename>src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c</>.

in

<filename>src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c::numeric_send()</> and

<filename>src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c::numeric_recv()</>.

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