Re: Client/Server compression?

Greg Copeland wrote:

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> Well, it occurred to me that if a large result set were to be identified
> before transport between a client and server, a significant amount of
> bandwidth may be saved by using a moderate level of compression. 
> Especially with something like result sets, which I tend to believe may
> lend it self well toward compression.
> 
> Unlike FTP which may be transferring (and often is) previously
> compressed data, raw result sets being transfered between the server and
> a remote client, IMOHO, would tend to compress rather well as I doubt
> much of it would be true random data.
> 

I should have said compressing the HTTP protocol, not FTP.

> This may be of value for users with low bandwidth connectivity to their
> servers or where bandwidth may already be at a premium.

But don't slow links do the compression themselves, like PPP over a
modem?

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