From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Barry Lind <blind@xythos.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 20:53:09 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <200303220153.h2M1r9X01499@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E7BA003.9070501@xythos.com>
Barry Lind wrote:
>
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I was thinking if we had a SET PERMANENT that couldn't be changed,
> > interfaces that want to control variables could set them perminantly,
> > and others could let users control it.
>
> SET PERMANENT only works for those variables that can only have one
> value for a given client protocol (for example datestyle in jdbc).
> Whereas autocommit needs to be changeable by the jdbc driver since the
> jdbc spec allows the user to call an API method to change the setting.
Oh, good point.
>
> >
> > Actually, if we reported change to the client, the interface could
> > override any change the user made --- just an idea.
>
> Reporting the change to the client seems sufficient for the client to
> take whatever actions are necessary.
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