| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| 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 20:37:33 |
| Message-ID: | CA+TgmoY0xgra_Js4xcCXQqZJhp3b2wzx3qeDnECVkEuR+ED-_A@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> 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.
Well, that's fair enough. I don't care much what the syntax is for
invoking the postmaster this way, as long as it's reasonably
convenient. I just want there to be one.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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