To: Barry Lind <blind@xythos.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign 
In-reply-to: <3E6FECAD.8030500@xythos.com> 
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Comments: In-reply-to Barry Lind <blind@xythos.com>
	message dated "Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:27:57 -0800"
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:41:41 -0500
Message-ID: <7189.1047577301@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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