X-Original-To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06979475AE5 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:54:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67EEB474E42 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:54:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3B2sf2L008558; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:54:41 -0400 (EDT) To: Bruce Badger Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] More thoughts about FE/BE protocol In-reply-to: <1050027702.3103.59.camel@alice> References: <10478.1049927451@sss.pgh.pa.us> <3E95A3CD.9080500@xythos.com> <5564.1049998513@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1050012887.1063.12.camel@alice> <7705.1050017370@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1050027702.3103.59.camel@alice> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Badger message dated "11 Apr 2003 12:21:41 +1000" Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:54:41 -0400 Message-ID: <8557.1050029681@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-32.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/80 X-Sequence-Number: 4019 Bruce Badger writes: > On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 09:29, Tom Lane wrote: >> I'm not planning to change the contents of messages more than I have to. >> What's so hard about parsing "UPDATE nnn" ? > Nothing, of course. However the fewer easy things we *have* to do, the > more other things we have time for. The other side of that coin is that making low-value changes takes time away from dealing with the important problems. We're not working in a green field here --- we have existing code that we're planning to change. > Also, some things that could return > a row count don't, e.g. SELECT. But the client has surely already accumulated a row count while collecting the SELECT result. Doesn't seem like there's much value-added to be found there. regards, tom lane