Re: Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

Barry Lind <blind@xythos.com> writes:
>> AFAICS the only context where this could make sense is binary
>> transmission of parameters for a previously-prepared statement.  We do
>> have all the pieces for that on the roadmap.
>> 
> Actually it is the select of binary data that I was refering to.  Are 
> you suggesting that the over the wire format for bytea in a query result 
> will be binary (instead of the ascii encoded text format as it currently 
> exists)?

See binary cursors ...
        regards, tom lane