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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2003-09-01 23:04:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2003-09-01 23:04:49 +0000 |
| commit | 5f65345a5711db5067664b08fb810b1a388b485d (patch) | |
| tree | 9b37fe18cdec8490b935486066bc7fbddf0623a5 /doc/src | |
| parent | f10a9033bf308f9dde0aa77caad6503e233489d1 (diff) | |
Do not pass server_encoding to the client.
libpq, talking to an old server, should assume SQL_ASCII as the default
client encoding, because that is what the server will actually use (not
the server encoding).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml | 3 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index debfa26b727..fd06b51905c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.133 2003/08/31 17:32:19 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.134 2003/09/01 23:04:49 petere Exp $ --> <chapter id="libpq"> @@ -856,21 +856,20 @@ is not known. <para> Parameters reported as of the current release include <literal>server_version</> (cannot change after startup); -<literal>server_encoding</> (also not presently changeable after start); <literal>client_encoding</>, <literal>is_superuser</>, and <literal>DateStyle</>. </para> <para> -Pre-3.0-protocol servers do not report parameter settings, -but <application>libpq</> includes logic to obtain values for -<literal>server_version</>, <literal>server_encoding</>, and -<literal>client_encoding</>. Applications are encouraged to use -<function>PQparameterStatus</> rather than ad-hoc code to determine these -values. (Beware however that on a pre-3.0 connection, changing -<literal>client_encoding</> via <command>SET</> after connection startup -will not be reflected by <function>PQparameterStatus</>.) +Pre-3.0-protocol servers do not report parameter settings, but +<application>libpq</> includes logic to obtain values for +<literal>server_version</>, and <literal>client_encoding</>. +Applications are encouraged to use <function>PQparameterStatus</> +rather than ad-hoc code to determine these values. (Beware however +that on a pre-3.0 connection, changing <literal>client_encoding</> via +<command>SET</> after connection startup will not be reflected by +<function>PQparameterStatus</>.) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml index 1de14ddeb61..5127bd66d52 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.41 2003/08/14 20:09:31 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml,v 1.42 2003/09/01 23:04:49 petere Exp $ --> <chapter id="protocol"> <title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title> @@ -1005,7 +1005,6 @@ ParameterStatus will be generated: they are <literal>server_version</> (a pseudo-parameter that cannot change after startup); - <literal>server_encoding</> (also not presently changeable after start); <literal>client_encoding</>, <literal>is_superuser</>, and <literal>DateStyle</>. |