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 7189.1047577301@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign  (Barry Lind <blind@xythos.com>)
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Barry Lind <blind@xythos.com> writes:
>> AFAICS the only context where this could make sense is binary
>> transmission of parameters for a previously-prepared statement.  We do
>> have all the pieces for that on the roadmap.
>> 
> Actually it is the select of binary data that I was refering to.  Are 
> you suggesting that the over the wire format for bytea in a query result 
> will be binary (instead of the ascii encoded text format as it currently 
> exists)?

See binary cursors ...
        regards, tom lane


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