| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol |
| Date: | 2013-12-05 16:52:22 |
| Message-ID: | 20131205165222.GE3866@alap2.anarazel.de |
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On 2013-12-05 11:39:29 -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> I think this proposal is a bit deadlocked now.
>
> - There are technical concerns about launching a server executable from
> within a client.
>
> - There are conceptual concerns about promoting an embedded database mode.
>
> On the other hand:
>
> - Everyone would like to have a way to use psql (and other basic
> clients) in stand-alone mode.
> The only solutions I see are:
>
> 1. do nothing
>
> 2. do everything (i.e., existing terminal mode plus socket mode plus
> embedded mode), letting the user work out the differences
>
> Pick one. ;-)
3) make it an explicit parameter, outside the database DSN, and let the
clients contain a tiny bit of explict code about it. There really
aren't that many clients that can use such a mode sensibly.
If we ever want to support a real embedded mode, much, much more than
this is needed. I don't think we should let that stop us from improving
single user mode.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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