deal with platform-dependent
   binary data formats.
   As an example, if a query returns a value of one from an integer column,
   you would get a string of <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>1</TT
> with a default cursor,
   whereas with a binary cursor you would get
   a 4-byte field containing the internal representation of the value
   (in big-endian byte order).
  </P
><P
>   Binary cursors should be used carefully.  Many applications,
   including <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>psql</SPAN
>, are not prepared to
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