Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Page
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hiroshi Inoue [mailto:Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp]
> > Sent: 13 March 2003 10:04
> > To: Dave Page
> > Cc: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us; ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at;
> > pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org;
> > pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
> >
> >
> > Dave Page wrote:
> > >
> > > It's rumoured that Hiroshi Inoue once said:
> > > >
> > > > Does looking up by the catalog keys take no cost ?
> > >
> > > Obviously there is cost, but doing a lookup only on demand,
> > has got to
> > > be cheaper in the long run than including the entire column
> > definition
> > > in the message whether it's wanted or not?
> >
> > So if there are 100 fields, should we ask the backend
> > the column name 100 times ?
>
> No, the column name is there already.

The column name isn't there. If a field has its alias name the alias
is there.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue