From: | Dave Cramer <dave(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> |
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To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
Cc: | Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign |
Date: | 2003-03-12 15:14:01 |
Message-ID: | 1047482041.1047.21.camel@inspiron.cramers |
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On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 10:02, Dave Page wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Cramer [mailto:Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net]
> > Sent: 12 March 2003 14:55
> > To: Dave Page
> > Cc: Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD; Hiroshi Inoue; Tom Lane; Bruce
> > Momjian; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org; pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
> >
> >
> > This may be problematic in the future if we change attrelid, attnum.
>
> I suggested using names to Tom for this reason, but he preferred to use
> attrelid/attnum.
Ok, but I am willing to bet that this will be a problem later. However
we can deal with it later, as well.
>
> > My preference would be to be able to query the backend for
> > the information if I need it. It is rarely required.
>
> Rarely required by most applications, but most interfaces do need this
> ability, and so do apps like pgAdmin and OpenOffice that allow the
> execution of arbitrary queries and subsequent updating of the results.
Yes, the interface requires it but how often? If I just do a select *
from foo, I don't need all the metadata, it's only if I do getColumnName
or something that I need metadata.
However qualified column names would be nice, as in the instance when
two column names are the same from different tables.
>
> Regards, Dave.
--
Dave Cramer <dave(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
Cramer Consulting
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