Re: PQ versions request message

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: James William Pye <pgsql(at)jwp(dot)name>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PQ versions request message
Date: 2005-09-08 01:48:56
Message-ID: 200509080348.57283.peter_e@gmx.net
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James William Pye wrote:
> I have been writing a PQ client and I have come to think that a
> "supported PQ versions request startup packet" would be useful to
> client authors. That is, sending a StartupPacket(Version(0, 0))(or
> whatever) would return a message containing a list of supported PQ
> versions,

This doesn't make sense to me, because a server does not have any
version requirements on the client (aside from the protocol versions,
which are negotiated automatically).

> and maybe the server version as well.

That is already available automatically.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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