

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us] 
> Sent: 07 January 2003 15:01
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Kristis Makris; Francisco Figueiredo Jr.; 
> npgsql-general@gborg.postgresql.org; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [Npgsql-general] Get function OID and 
> function calling support 
> 
> 
> "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:
> > Sorry, don't know. Can anyone on pgsql-hackers tell us the 
> purpose of 
> > the FunctionCall message?
> 
> It's used to invoke the "fast path" function call code 
> (src/backend/tcop/fastpath.c).  libpq's large-object routines 
> use this, but little else does AFAIK.  The current protocol 
> is sufficiently broken (see comments in fastpath.c) that I'd 
> not really encourage people to use it until we can fix it --- 
> hopefully that will happen in 7.4.

OK, Thanks.

> 
> PS: what in the world is npgsql-general@gborg.postgresql.org 
> ... is that a real mailing list, and if so why?  It sounds a 
> bit, um, duplicative.

npgsql-general@gborg.postgresql.org is the general discussion list for
the Npgsql project on Gborg. It's a .NET data provider for PostgreSQL
that works with .NET programs written in MS VC++, C# or VB.NET not to
mention Mono.

Not to be confused with pgsql-general :-)

Regards, Dave.

Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:16:12 -0000
"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
Re: [Npgsql-general] Get function OID and function calling support 