Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us] 
> Sent: 10 March 2003 18:51
> To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
> Subject: [HACKERS] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign
> 
> 
> This is an attempt to lay out a road map for updating the 
> frontend/backend protocol in 7.4.  I don't at this point want 
> to get into details on any one of the TODO items, just get 
> consensus that this is the set of tasks to be tackled.  Are 
> there any areas that I've missed (that require protocol changes)?

What about the addition of pg_attribute.attrelid &
pg_attribute.attname/attnum in RowDesription messages to identify the
underlying attribute (where appropriate)?

I just looked at an issue in the ODBC driver where this would help - it
seems we return incorrect column metadata from query results, I guess (I
haven't look at the code yet) because it's somewhat tricky to figure
out.

Regards, Dave.