Re: [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
Date: 2003-03-18 03:40:18
Message-ID: 1047958818.19380.13.camel@tokyo
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On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 20:48, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > If we do this, could we get rid of the messy autocommit GUC option and
> > handle autocommit in the client?
>
> Hmm ... that's a thought ... not very backwards-compatible with 7.3,
> but I think I like it better than continuing on with the GUC option.
> As you say, that path is looking messier all the time.

Yes, definitely -- replacing the 7.3 GUC option would be great, that's a
pretty bad hack IMHO.

Cheers,

Neil

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