Re: Open 7.3 items - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Neil Conway
Subject Re: Open 7.3 items
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Msg-id 87u1m6g0gc.fsf@klamath.dyndns.org
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In response to Re: Open 7.3 items  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Open 7.3 items  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> Do we have a list going of the things we want to fix in the next
> protocol change?  Offhand I remember
> 
> * redesign startup packet to eliminate fixed field widths
> * fix COPY protocol to allow resync after errors, support binary data
> * less brain-dead protocol for fast-path function calls
> * allow NOTIFY to include parameters
> * richer ERROR reports (error codes, other stuff)

Some kind of parameter binding or improved support for prepareable
statements would require changes to the FE/BE protocol -- being able
to accept parameters without passing them through the parser, for
example.

Allowing clients to cleanly determine the current transaction state
will require FE/BE protocol changes, I think. (Or at least, that's my
vague recollection of the discussion on -hackers from a couple months ago).

That's all I can think of -- there's probably more stuff...

Cheers,

Neil

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Neil Conway <neilconway@rogers.com>
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