Re: Proof of concept: standalone backend with full FE/BE protocol

On 11/20/13, 3:24 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> The point is that client applications should expose whether or not to
> set this function as a command-line switch separate from whatever they
> accept in terms of connection strings.  So pg_dump should have a flag
> called --standalone-server or something like, and it should all
> PQenableStartServer() only when that flag is used.

The argument elsewhere in this thread was that the reason for putting
this in the connection options was so that you do *not* have to patch up
every client to be able to use this functionality.  If you have to add
separate options everywhere, then you might as well just have a separate
libpq function to initiate the session.