X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org Received: from bob.samurai.com (bob.samurai.com [205.207.28.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D92475461 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:40:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from DU150.N224.ResNet.QueensU.CA (DU150.N224.ResNet.QueensU.CA [130.15.224.150]) by bob.samurai.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 728911D4D; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:40:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign From: Neil Conway To: Tom Lane Cc: Peter Eisentraut , PostgreSQL Development In-Reply-To: <13207.1047952121@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <13207.1047952121@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1047958818.19380.13.camel@tokyo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 17 Mar 2003 22:40:18 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archive-Number: 200303/697 X-Sequence-Number: 36943 On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 20:48, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut writes: > > If we do this, could we get rid of the messy autocommit GUC option and > > handle autocommit in the client? > > Hmm ... that's a thought ... not very backwards-compatible with 7.3, > but I think I like it better than continuing on with the GUC option. > As you say, that path is looking messier all the time. Yes, definitely -- replacing the 7.3 GUC option would be great, that's a pretty bad hack IMHO. Cheers, Neil -- Neil Conway || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC