[pgpool-hackers: 453] Multi statement query

[Tatsuo Ishii]

Hi pgpool hackers,

Pgpool-II has a long standing restriction regarding "multi-statement
query". A multi-statement query is a series of queries separated by
";". An example is "BEGIN;SELECT 1;SELECT 2;END". Currently pgpool-II
sends such a query to primary node only (in streaming replication
mode) or sends to certain node by just looking at the first query
("BEGIN" in the example).

1) Analyze each query in a multi-statement query to find a query which
   needs to be sent to all DB nodes. "BEGIN" or "END" are such query
   in the example above.

2) If such a query is found, sends to all DB nodes.

3) Otherwise sends to the primary node.

This seems to work except following case:

SET SQL_inheritance TO off; INSERT INTO t1...;

"SET" needs be sent to all nodes but "INSERT" must only be sent to
primary node. It seems it's impossible to satify those conditions at a
same time. Probably it's users fault to create sunch a query...

Questions, Comments are welcome.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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