Re: [svn:DBD-Pg] r9855 - DBD-Pg/trunk

Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]> Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:20:23 -0400

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David E. Wheeler wrote:
>
> I guess I just assumed that libpq was mature and robust, and that 
> reinventing that stuff ourselves would be a lot of work. Perhaps I'm 
> wrong?
>
>

There are known deficiencies in libpq. It is fairly mature and robust, 
but it is also limited. I'd like to get it improved, but I can also 
understand Greg's motivation. Obvious areas for improvement include 
chunked results and handling of arrays and composites.

cheers

andrew