| From: | John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com> |
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| To: | John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Raimon Fernandez <coder(at)montx(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Implementing Frontend/Backend Protocol TCP/IP |
| Date: | 2009-10-27 12:40:31 |
| Message-ID: | 66F15D69-75E5-4D8E-84F8-2F21E09BBA98@pgedit.com |
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On Oct 26, 2009, at 7:17 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> yah, seriously. the binary protocol is not considered stable, it
> can change in subtle ways in each version. libpq handles the
> current version and all previous versions, and exposes all methods.
I don't think the frontend/backend protocol has changed since version
7.4. All data can be in text format; you don't have to deal with binary.
I have implemented an interface in Lisp. I found it much easier and
more flexible than the foreign function interface with C and libpq.
John DeSoi, Ph.D.
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