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Re: Removing support for COPY FROM STDIN in protocol version 2

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-02-03T16:29:37Z
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> On 2021-Feb-03, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I have a vague recollection that JDBC users still like to use
>> protocol 2 for some reason --- is that out of date?

> [ yes, since 2016 ]

Then let's kill it dead, server and libpq both.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Avoid extra newline in errors received in FE protocol version 2.

  2. Remove server and libpq support for old FE/BE protocol version 2.

  3. Handle reading of startup packet and authentication exchange after forking