Re: Request for comment on setting binary format output per session

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Request for comment on setting binary format output per session
Date: 2023-03-04 23:58:19
Message-ID: 3eb3d8acd3401987a442ec69829a20499272918a.camel@j-davis.com
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On Sat, 2023-03-04 at 18:04 -0500, Dave Cramer wrote:
> Most of the clients know how to decode the builtin types. I'm not
> sure there is a use case for binary encode types that the clients
> don't have a priori knowledge of.

The client could, in theory, have a priori knowledge of a non-builtin
type.

I don't have a great solution for that, though. Maybe it's only
practical for builtin types.

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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