[postgis-users] Best way to return a WKB when using pglib

[Paul Ramsey]

encode(asbinary(the_geom), 'base64')

Rob Tester wrote:
> I am writing an extension (libpg) that ultimately can create several 
> hundred to several thousand WKT polygons. Once I have the WKT created, 
> instead of returning them I would prefer to return the WKB inside the 
> tuple. How can I efficiently return a WKB inside the tuple instead of 
> the WKT?
>  
> Any help or push in the right direction would be appreciated.

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