2010/1/19 Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >>> Updated patch attached. I still think this is a bizarre API. >> >> Well, if we had it to do over I'm sure we'd have done it differently, >> but the functions are there now and we aren't going to change them ... > > I agree, but I don't feel the need to repeat the mistakes we've > already made by slavishly copying them into new places. I think as > long as we're adding a new function, we should make it behave sanely. > We could even take the opportunity to go back and add a saner version > of PQescapeStringConn.
Sometimes is better do nothing :(. I understand you, my first code was same as your, but any change of basic API is the terrible thing. This function is used in PHP driver, and bilions web pages. Theoretically we can work on new libpq with richer API - there could be better support of binary form, smarter quoting functions. But actually there are no main request. Regards Pavel > > ...Robert > -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
