Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Barry Lind <blind(at)xythos(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
Date: 2003-03-13 17:41:41
Message-ID: 7189.1047577301@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Barry Lind <blind(at)xythos(dot)com> writes:
>> AFAICS the only context where this could make sense is binary
>> transmission of parameters for a previously-prepared statement. We do
>> have all the pieces for that on the roadmap.
>>
> Actually it is the select of binary data that I was refering to. Are
> you suggesting that the over the wire format for bytea in a query result
> will be binary (instead of the ascii encoded text format as it currently
> exists)?

See binary cursors ...

regards, tom lane

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