Re: [patch] libpq one-row-at-a-time API

On Tuesday, July 24, 2012, Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Marko Kreen <markokr@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So if we give only PQgetResult() in 9.2, I do not see that we
>>> are locked out from any interesting optimizations.
>>
>> Well, you are locked out of having PQgetResult reuse the conn's result
>> since that would then introduce potentially breaking changes to user
>> code.
>
> You can specify special flags to PQsend or have special PQgetResultWeird()
> calls to get PGresults with unusual behavior.  Like I did with
PQgetRowData().
>
> I see no reason here to reject PQgetResult() that returns normal PGresult.

Yeah -- I agree.  So, given the scheduling, I think we should go with
non-PQgetRowData patch and reserve optimized path for 9.3.

merlin