Tom Lane wrote:
>This is an attempt to lay out a road map for updating the frontend/backend
>protocol in 7.4. I don't at this point want to get into details on any
>one of the TODO items, just get consensus that this is the set of tasks
>to be tackled. Are there any areas that I've missed (that require
>protocol changes)?
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What about binding variables ala oracle's ociparse -> ocibindbyname ->
ociexecute -> ocifetch ? I know you can do most of it via SQL
(PREPARE/EXECUTE) but you can't do 'RETURN x INTO :x' as it stands.
This would also get around the problem of getting values from newly
inserted rows (eg PKs) without resorting to OIDs. Not entirely a FE/BE
issue... but worth considering in any redesign.
Ashley Cambrell
