Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> wrote:
> > I think you should conduct a wider survey before you make that decision.
> > In particular, I'd like to hear from driver writers like Greg Sabino
> > Mullane and Jeff Davis, as well as regular libpq users.
>
> I can state that there would be almost zero chance this would ever be
> used by DBD::Pg, as it would seem to add overhead with no additional
> functionality over what we already have. Unless I'm misreading what it
> does and someone can make the case why I should use it.

does DBD::pg move arrays in and out of the server? do you parse them
yourself? if you answer yes to either question you should take a
second look.

merlin