From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:15:06 -0500
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Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> So, just to throw out a wild idea: If you're talking about making large
> changes to the on-the-wire protocol. Have you considered using an existing
> database protocol?
Yeah, I have. Didn't look promising --- there's no percentage unless
we're 100% compatible, which creates a lot of problems (eg, can't ship
type OIDs to frontend anymore).
What I actually looked into was RDA, but I doubt that TDS would be any
closer to our needs...
regards, tom lane
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