Re: [HACKERS] Revised proposal for libpq and FE/BE protocol changes

Phil Thompson <phil@river-bank.demon.co.uk>

From: Phil Thompson <phil@river-bank.demon.co.uk>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org, pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-04-30T18:21:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> Phil Thompson <phil@river-bank.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> We should change the protocol version number to 2.0.
> >> It would be possible for the backend to continue to support 1.0 clients,
> >> if you think it's worth the trouble to do so.
> 
> > Or 1.1?  The changes don't seem too traumatic.
> 
> Well, pqcomm.h says that an incompatible change should have a new major
> version number, and minor though these changes be, they *are*
> incompatible.

Err...good point :)

> >> Command Done
> >> Byte1('Z')
> 
> > The completion response already does this for successful queries, and
> > the error response for unsuccessful ones.
> 
> You missed the point:

I've misunderstood the protocol - and the protocol specification is
therefore wrong (or at least incomplete) in this respect.  Do you want
to fix the spec and include your enhancements or shall I?

Phil