[Dev-C++] serialization question

[Nehal S. <ns...@ix...>]

Hi All
 
 
I have a question regarding serialization out. So here is the current
working.
 
Client<---->handler<----->Server
 
in the current scenario whenever handler learns something from Server it
first (because it is in network order) decodes the data then serializes it
out and then spit it the client and and eventually client understands the
ASCII format.
 
 
In the new approach we are thinking of, not decoing anything at handler
level but just sending binary data to the client and on the client side they
will decode and store into the database.
 
now what I do not understand is, if my handler sends binary format to the
Client on the same connection on which sometimes client does accept the
ASCII data how is the client going to diffrenciate between those two and
what can I do to make it working in either case. 
 
 
Any suggestion/comments on this will be appreciate on this.
thanks