On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:47 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/31/11 9:34 AM, Annamalai Gurusami wrote: >> >> Would it be possible to implement the client server protocol into an API >> interface, without involving the TCP/IP network? > > sure, done already. 'domain sockets', the default for local connections > that don't expressly call for localhost er, yes, but that's not the whole story -- everything still has to go through the protocol, parsing, marshaling, etc. it's of course fairly trivial problem to wrap spi into libpq-ish interface but it's pointless until we have explicit transactions imnsho. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general