Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I know there has been lots of versions and technical feedback related to > > this proposed feature. However, I have talked to Tom and neither of us > > see sufficient user request for this capability to add this code into > > the core server. I recommend you place it on pgfoundry and see if you > > can get a sufficient user-base there. If you need something exposed by > > libpq that is not there already, please let us know. > > > > One interesting idea would be if ecpg could use this functionality in > > place of its own type-specific functions --- if that were the case, we > > could reconsider adding this to core because it would be required by > > ecpg. > > > > Sorry for the bad news. I think we all hoped that enough interest would > > be generated for this to be accepted. > > > > > > I think you should conduct a wider survey before you make that decision. > In particular, I'd like to hear from driver writers like Greg Sabino > Mullane and Jeff Davis, as well as regular libpq users.
Well, they are welcome to chime in but the patch has been out the for a while and they haven't spoken yet. We have to base our decisions on people who do chime in. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
