Re: Read transactions don't work on 7.0.x db's

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Barry Lind <barry(at)xythos(dot)com>
Cc: Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net, pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Read transactions don't work on 7.0.x db's
Date: 2001-09-03 23:46:36
Message-ID: 12050.999560796@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Barry Lind <barry(at)xythos(dot)com> writes:
> The multiple statements in one call is there for performance reasons.
> Please don't remove it entirely since it works fine in 7.1 and 7.2.
> Instead your fix should be conditional based on server version:

Given that someone else is proposing a patch that will break backward
compatibility to 7.0 servers anyway, I'm unconvinced that we need this
at all. Perhaps a discussion about the costs and benefits of backwards
compatibility in the JDBC driver is needed --- what tradeoffs do people
want to make?

regards, tom lane

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