From cd29f806f10d3bceaaa932583892725e96683499 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eugene Ware <eugene@noblesamurai.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:33:22 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Encode buffers as bytea hex strings

---
 src/binding.cc | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/binding.cc b/src/binding.cc
index a9a7943f..92d6f958 100644
--- a/src/binding.cc
+++ b/src/binding.cc
@@ -891,6 +891,14 @@ private:
         paramValues[i] = cString;
       } else if(val->IsNull()) {
         paramValues[i] = NULL;
+      } else if(val->IsObject() && Buffer::HasInstance(val)) {
+        char *cHexString = MallocCHexString(val);
+        if(!cHexString) {
+          LOG("ArgToCStringArray: OUT OF MEMORY OR SOMETHING BAD!");
+          ReleaseCStringArray(paramValues, i-1);
+          return 0;
+        }
+        paramValues[i] = cHexString;
       } else {
         //a paramter was not a string
         LOG("Parameter not a string");
@@ -921,6 +929,27 @@ private:
     strcpy(cString, *utf8String);
     return cString;
   }
+
+  //helper function to Malloc a Bytea encoded Hex string from a buffer
+  static char* MallocCHexString(v8::Handle<Value> buf)
+  {
+      char* bufferData = Buffer::Data(buf);
+      size_t hexStringLen = Buffer::Length(buf)*2 + 3;
+      char *cHexString = (char *) malloc(hexStringLen);
+      if(!cHexString) {
+        return cHexString;
+      }
+      strcpy(cHexString, "\\x");
+      for (uint32_t i = 0, k = 2; k < hexStringLen; i += 1, k += 2) {
+        static const char hex[] = "0123456789abcdef";
+        uint8_t val = static_cast<uint8_t>(bufferData[i]);
+        cHexString[k + 0] = hex[val >> 4];
+        cHexString[k + 1] = hex[val & 15];
+      }
+      cHexString[hexStringLen-1] = 0;
+      return cHexString;
+  }
+
   void SendCopyFromChunk(Handle<Object> chunk) {
     PQputCopyData(connection_, Buffer::Data(chunk), Buffer::Length(chunk));
   }