Re: [HACKERS] Revised proposal for libpq and FE/BE protocol changes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Revised proposal for libpq and FE/BE protocol changes
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Msg-id 199805221416.KAA28979@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Revised proposal for libpq and FE/BE protocol changes  (dg@illustra.com (David Gould))
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> Database customers at least in the commercial world can be incredibly
> conservative. It is not at all uncommon to have large sites running DBMS
> engines that are three major releases (ie, well over three years) old.
> Once they get an app working, they really don't want anything to change.

Yes, this is true.  Their data is locked in Our database.  And you can't
just restart it like a PC OS or word processor.  Database demands are
much different.

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