Re: [HACKERS] FE/BE Protocol - Specific version

2003-08-29 Thread Bruce Badger
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 23:23, Rod Taylor wrote: > > So, being able to stop connections trying to use old protocol versions > > would be very helpful in this case. > > Wouldn't it be better to have StORE run a select version() after > connecting? Even better would be to call PQprotocolVersion() as

Re: [HACKERS] FE/BE Protocol - Specific version

2003-08-29 Thread Bruce Badger
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 23:35, Tom Lane wrote: > Rod Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> So, being able to stop connections trying to use old protocol versions > >> would be very helpful in this case. > > > Wouldn't it be better to have StORE run a select version() after > > connecting? > > Wel

Re: [HACKERS] FE/BE Protocol - Specific version

2003-08-29 Thread Bruce Badger
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 13:23, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Badger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Will it be possible to tell a PostgreSQL back end to use *only* the new > > version of the FE/BE protocol? > > That is, will it be possible to set up a database that will reject &

[HACKERS] FE/BE Protocol - Specific version

2003-08-29 Thread Bruce Badger
Will it be possible to tell a PostgreSQL back end to use *only* the new version of the FE/BE protocol? That is, will it be possible to set up a database that will reject connection attempts that do not use the new protocol version? Thanks, Bruce signature.asc Description: This is a di

[HACKERS] FE/BE Protocol - Specific version

2003-08-29 Thread Bruce Badger
Will it be possible to tell a PostgreSQL back end to use *only* the new version of the FE/BE protocol? That is, will it be possible to set up a database that will reject connection attempts that do not use the new protocol version? Thanks, Bruce ---(end of bro

Re: [HACKERS] [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

2003-03-10 Thread Bruce Badger
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 09:18, Merlin Moncure wrote: > > If the backend can not handle the version I request, but can handle a > > prior version, I'd like to know. I am planning on having handlers for > > multiple protocol versions in the same memory space (I'm using > > Smalltalk, BTW) so that one

Re: [HACKERS] [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

2003-03-10 Thread Bruce Badger
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 06:52, Tom Lane wrote: > Rod Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> We already have that: you send a startup packet with a version less than > >> the latest, and the backend speaks that version to you. > > > Yes, but that requires you know the backend is less than the latest

[HACKERS] Real-world usage example

2003-02-18 Thread Bruce Badger
I use a version control system called StORE which uses a relational database as it's back end. I use StORE with PostgreSQL, others use it with DB2, Oracle, etc I mention StORE here because it struck me that it may be a useful source of real-world information about how PostgreSQL performs rel