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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Volkan YAZICI <yazicivo@ttnet.net.tr>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PQfformat() and Composite Formatted Results
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:35:38 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <200602040035.k140ZcR22936@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <559.1139001154@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
> > 	http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches
> > It will be applied as soon as one of the PostgreSQL committers reviews
> > and approves it.
> 
> There is 0 chance that this will be applied, because
> 
> >> Therefore, it breaks compatibility with the existing PQ*Params() and
> >> PQ*Prepared() functions. (Use at your own risk.)

OK, patch removed, but you stated in email:

> On Dec 30 06:52, Tom Lane wrote:
> > It's not a protocol restriction, it's a libpq restriction made in the
> > name of keeping the API from getting too unwieldy.  We could add more
> > entry points with different parameter lists to address this.  I have
> > a feeling that refactoring the API of the query functions entirely
> > might be a better idea, though.

so I thought you were saying that we need to just pick new function
names or something.

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