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

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, 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: 2013-11-21 03:41:46
Message-ID: CAA4eK1Li1rBgX97ejrukttUE86HC5RkZ05MkTvJYkkJdGnuYZA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:14 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> 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.
>
> Right, Andres was saying that we had to do both (special switches that
> lead to calling a special connection function).

Doesn't the new option 'standalone_datadir' (which is already in
patch) a good candidate for special switch?
How does having one more new switch helps better?

With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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