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From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Request for comment on setting binary format output per session
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In response to Re: Request for comment on setting binary format output per session  (Dave Cramer <davecramer@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 10:30 AM Dave Cramer <davecramer@gmail.com> wrote:
> Correct me if I am wrong, but the client has to request this. So I'm not sure how we would be surprised ?

Consider an application, a connection pooler, and a stored procedure
or function on the server. If this is controlled by a GUC, any of them
could set it at any point in the session. That could lead to the
application and/or the connection pooler being out of step with the
server behavior.

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Robert Haas
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