Re: Breaking integers into bytes in PL/SQL?

Of course, one approach could be to follow the binhex model and convert desired data into alphanumeric hex text representations of the individual bytes.

I am curious why one desires to send machine dependent format. I once had to deal with such a case downloading binary integers from HP3000 to IBM PC. The executable had to completely rearrange the four bytes backward (so called HIBYTE/LOBYTE) to preserve the data. Once this was worked out, the system was stable and never changed, and then it worked well.... but nevertheless it was non-trival trying to get the thing all worked out and troubleshot....Perhaps a more machine independent solution would have been a few minutes slower, but much easier to develop and manage...???? Comments???

Good Luck
Robert Proffitt

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