On Tue, 10 Oct 2023 at 10:25, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 4:25 PM Jeff Davis <pg...@j-davis.com> wrote: > > Another thing to consider is that using a GUC for binary formats is a > > protocol change in a way that client_encoding is not. The existing > > documentation for the protocol already specifies when binary formats > > will be used, and a GUC would change that behavior. We absolutely would > > need to update the documentation, and clients (like psql) really should > > be updated. > > I think the idea of using a new parameterFormat value is a good one. > Let 0 and 1 continue to mean what they mean, and let clients opt in to > the new mechanism if they're aware of it. > Correct me if I am wrong, but the client has to request this. So I'm not sure how we would be surprised ? Dave
