Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol
Date: 2013-11-20 20:32:05
Message-ID: 528D1C45.400@gmx.net
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On 11/20/13, 3:24 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> The point is that client applications should expose whether or not to
> set this function as a command-line switch separate from whatever they
> accept in terms of connection strings. So pg_dump should have a flag
> called --standalone-server or something like, and it should all
> PQenableStartServer() only when that flag is used.

The argument elsewhere in this thread was that the reason for putting
this in the connection options was so that you do *not* have to patch up
every client to be able to use this functionality. If you have to add
separate options everywhere, then you might as well just have a separate
libpq function to initiate the session.

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