Re: Add new protocol message to change GUCs for usage with future protocol-only GUCs

On 05.04.24 14:55, Robert Haas wrote:
> I also wonder how the protocol negotiation for column encryption is
> actually going to work. What are the actual wire protocol changes that
> are needed? What does the server need to know from the client, or the
> client from the server, about what is supported?

I have just posted an updated patch for that: [0]

The protocol changes can be inspected in the diffs for

doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
src/backend/access/common/printtup.c
src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol3.c

There are various changes, including new messages, additional fields in 
existing messages, and some more flag bits in existing fields.

It all works, so I don't have any requests or anything in this thread, 
but it would be good to get some feedback if I'm using this wrong. 
AFAICT, that patch was the first public one that ever tried to make use 
of the protocol extension facility, so I was mainly guessing about the 
intended way to use this.


[0]: 
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/f63fe170-cef2-4914-be00-ef9222456505%40eisentraut.org