Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add tests to dblink covering use of COPY TO FUNCTION

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Daniel Farina <drfarina(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)krosing(dot)net>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Daniel Farina <dfarina(at)truviso(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add tests to dblink covering use of COPY TO FUNCTION
Date: 2009-11-25 04:45:53
Message-ID: 162867790911242045g1e6b8fbbp88d2769b6fb483af@mail.gmail.com
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2009/11/25 Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>:
> On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 14:39 +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>> a) good designed C API  like:
>>
>>    initialise_functions(fcinfo) -- std fcinfo
>>    consument_process_tuple(fcinfo) -- gets standard row -- Datum
>> dvalues[] + Row description
>>    producent_process_tuple(fcinfo) -- returns standard row  -- Datum
>> dvalues[] + Row description (look on SRF API)
>>    terminate_funnction(fcinfo)
>>
>
> Don't you still need the functions to accept an argument of type
> internal? Otherwise, we lose the ability to copy a buffer to the dblink
> connection, which was the original motivation.
>

It depends on design. I don't thing so internal is necessary. It is
just wrong design.

Pavel

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