> >> Allowing text to use blobs for values larger than the current block
> size
> >> would hit the same problem.
> > When I told about multi-representation feature I ment that applications
> > will not be affected by how text field is stored - in tuple or somewhere
>
> > else. Is this Ok for you ?
>
> This is also what I would have in mind. But I guess a change to the fe-be
> protocol would still be necessary, since the client now allocates
> a fixed amount of memory to receive one tuple, wasn't it ?
>
> Andreas
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