Re: Feature request: NOTIFY enhancement

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:20:41 -0500, "Chris Browne" <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
said:
> > TODO already has:
> >
> > * Add optional textual message to NOTIFY
> >
> > This would allow an informational message to be added to the notify
> > message, perhaps indicating the row modified or other custom
> > information.
>
> I keep wondering if this isn't just going to grow into pgq...
>
> <http://docs.huihoo.com/api/skytools/pgq-module.html>
>
> In effect, once you start defining more semantics for this, I think it
> rapidly transforms into a message queueing system, and you might as
> well go straight to something full-fledged like pgq...

While I believe pgq is feature rich, I prefer to see this TODO item be
implemented. When it happens, all I need will be some more libpq C
functions with which I will link my C client application as a single
executable file. The benefits from the embedded feature will make the
client lighter, easier to manage, and run faster.

Regards,

CN

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