TODO/exotic features/sql*net - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Abhijit Menon-Sen
Subject TODO/exotic features/sql*net
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Msg-id 20070921112015.GA27293@toroid.org
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Responses Re: TODO/exotic features/sql*net
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Regarding this item in the TODO:
   SQL*Net listener that makes PostgreSQL appear as an Oracle database   to clients

I recently had (an unrelated) reason to look into the SQL*Net protocol
and discovered that no documentation for it is publicly available, and
reverse-engineering it is (supposedly) a violation of the Oracle user
agreement. People have wanted it for years, but Oracle (for whatever
reason) thinks it's a secret worth guarding closely.

I've discussed this item with various people, so I thought I'd mention
this for the sake of the archives.

(IMO, the TODO item should be dropped.)

-- ams, who is eternally grateful for protocol.html


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