Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
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Msg-id 21985.1047662106@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> So, just to throw out a wild idea: If you're talking about making large
> changes to the on-the-wire protocol. Have you considered using an existing
> database protocol?

Yeah, I have.  Didn't look promising --- there's no percentage unless
we're 100% compatible, which creates a lot of problems (eg, can't ship
type OIDs to frontend anymore).

What I actually looked into was RDA, but I doubt that TDS would be any
closer to our needs...
        regards, tom lane


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