Re: Text format protocol representation

From: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Text format protocol representation
Date: 2003-05-18 13:07:26
Message-ID: 87d6igv1wx.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > What's the rationale for not including the trailing zero byte in the
> > protocol representation of the text format?
>
> History, mostly --- we have not done it in the past.

nuls in strings aren't allowed, eh? Is there any possibility that nuls in
strings will be supported at some time in the future?

--
greg

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