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Re: Proposed new libpq API

Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>

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From: Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au>, "pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, pgsql-hackers-oo@postgresql.org, Chris Bitmead <chris@bitmead.com>
Date: 2000-07-05T12:46:54Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> Okay, first thing off the top of my head ... how does this deal with
> backward compatibility, or have we just blown all old apps out to fhte
> water?

As I see it it is compatible until you _need_ the new features, like 
SELECT ** or UNION of selects with different structure.

I have also posted a different/additional proposal that hopefully hides
this from old apps completely.

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Hannu