At 02:40 PM 5/9/00 -0700, Jason Wharton wrote:

>I know that when InterBase processes a query that it batches up records so
>that it makes more efficient usage of packets. What I was wondering is if
>it also suppresses whitespace in the record buffers to allow more records
>to fit in each batch.
>
>If it doesn't do this what will it take to introduce this capability?

dredging far into my increasingly feeble memory, I
come up with the vague recollection that compression
on the wire is done by the transport mechanism.

Ann