Re: default result formats setting

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: default result formats setting
Date: 2021-03-24 14:49:33
Message-ID: CA+TgmoaxDj4pDADDvRuHXEez=DM5VrtpEjtHXB6RzgFGZQtvgg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 3:49 PM Peter Eisentraut
<peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> We could also make it a protocol message, but it would essentially
> implement the same thing, just again separately. And then you'd have no
> support to inspect the current setting, test out different settings
> interactively, etc. That seems pretty wasteful and complicated for no
> real gain.

But ... if it's just a GUC, it can be set by code on the server side
that the client knows nothing about, breaking the client. That seems
pretty bad to me.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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