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.. Drizzle Client & Protocol Library
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.. Copyright (C) 2008 Eric Day (eday@oddments.org)
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.. All rights reserved.
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.. Use and distribution licensed under the BSD license. See
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.. the COPYING.BSD file in the root source directory for full text.
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`This is currently a proposed draft as of November 29, 2008`
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The Drizzle protocol works over TCP, UDP, and Unix Domain Sockets
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(UDS, also known as IPC sockets), although there are limitations when
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using UDP (this is discussed below). In the case of TCP and UDS,
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a connection is made, a command is sent, and a response loop is
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started. Socket communication ends when either side closes the
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connection or a QUIT command is issued.
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TCP and UDS communications will be full duplex. This means that as
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the client is sending a command, it is possible for the server to
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report an error before the sending of data completes. This allows
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the server to do preliminary checks (table exists, authentication,
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...) before a request is completely sent so the client may abort. This
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will primarily be used for large requests (INSERTing large BLOBs).
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TCP and UDS communications will also allow for pipe-lining of requests
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and concurrent command execution. This means a client does not need
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to wait for a command to finish before a new command is sent. It is
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even possible a later command issued will complete and have a result
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before an earlier command. Result packets may be interleaved so a
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client issuing concurrent commands must be able to parse results
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UDP sockets are supported to allow small, fast updates for
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applications such as statistical gathering. Since UDP does not
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guarantee delivery, this method should not be used for applications
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that require reliable transport. When using UDP, the authentication
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packet (if needed) and command packet are bundled into a single UDP
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packet and sent. This puts a limitation on the size of the request
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being made, and this limit can be different between network hosts. The
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absolute limit is 65,507 bytes (28 bytes used for IPv4 and UDP
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headers), but again, this can depend on the network hosts. Responses
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are optional when issuing UDP commands, and this preference is
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specified in the handshake packet.
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All sizes given throughout this document are in bytes. Byte order
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for all multi-byte binary objects such as lengths and mutli-byte
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bit-fields are packed little-endian.
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Packet Sequence Overview
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------------------------
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The sequence of packets for a simple connection and command that
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responds with an OK packet:
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The sequence of packets for a simple connection and query command
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S: Fields (optional, multiple packets)
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S: Rows (multiple packets)
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When authentication is required for a command, the server will ask
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S: Authentication Required
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C: Authentication Credentials
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The server will use the most recent credential information when
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processing subsequent commands.
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If a client wishes to multiplex commands on a single connection,
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it can do so using the command identifiers. Here is an example of
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how the packets could be ordered, but this will largely depend on
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the servers ability to process the commands concurrently and the
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processing time for each command.
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C: Command (Command ID=1)
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C: Command (Command ID=2)
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S: Field (Command ID=2)
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S: Fields (Command ID=2)
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S: Rows (Command ID=2)
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As you can see, the commands may be executed with results generated
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in any order, and the packet containing the results may be interleaved.
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Some lengths used within the protocol packets are length encoded. This
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means the size of the length field will vary between 1 and 9 bytes,
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and is determined by the value of the first byte.
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0-252 - Actual length
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253 - NULL value (only applicable in row results)
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254 - Following 8 bytes contain actual length
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255 - Depends on context, usually signifies end
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Packets consist of two layers. The first is meant to be small,
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simple, and have just enough information for fast router and proxy
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processing. It consists of a fixed-size part, along with a variable
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sized client id (explained later), a series of chunked data, followed
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by a checksum at the end. The chunked transfer encoding allows for
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not having to pre-compute the packet data length before sending,
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and support packets of any size. It also allows for a large packet
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to be aborted gracefully (without having to close the connection)
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in the event of an error.
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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+-----+----------------+----------------+---------------------------------+
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| 0 | Magic | Protocol | Command ID |
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+-----+----------------+----------------+---------------------------------+
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| 32 | Command / Result Code | Client ID Length |
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| 64 | Client ID (optional, variable length) |
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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| 64+ | Chunk Length and Value Pairs (optional, variable length) |
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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+ 64+ | Chunk Length = 0 | |
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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+-----+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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The first part of a packet is:
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1-byte Magic number, the value should be 0x44.
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1-byte Protocol version, currently 1.
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2-byte Command ID. This is a unique number among all other queries
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currently being executed on the connection. The client is
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responsible for choosing a unique number while generating a
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command packet, and all response packets associated with that
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command must have the same command ID. Once a command has been
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completed, the client may reuse the ID.
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2-byte Command/result code. For commands, this may be:
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The entire packet is simply echoed back to the caller.
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Set protocol options.
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Same as QUERY, but hints that this is a read-only
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query. This is only useful for routers/proxies who may want
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to redirect the request to a read slave.
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Single packet success response. No data associated
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with the result besides parameters.
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Single packet error response.
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Start of a multi-packet result set.
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Mark the end of a series of data packets. This is
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useful so a low level router or proxy can know when a
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response is complete without inspecting the contents of
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2-byte Client ID length.
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X-byte Client ID (length is value of client ID length).
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The client ID is there for the client and routers/proxies to use. The server
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treats this as opaque data, and will only preserve it to send
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in responses. This can be used as a sharding key, to keep
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state information in a proxy, or any other use.
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Next, zero or more chunks are given, terminated by a chunk length of
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0. Each chunk consist of a length and then that amount of data.
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X-byte Chunk (length is value of chunk length)
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After the the chunk length of 0 is given, a checksum value is given
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that was computed for the entire packet.
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The second layer of the protocol is encapsulated inside of the
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chunked encoding. This consists of zero or more packet parameters,
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an end of parameter marker, followed by an optional data set that is
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given until the end of a packet (or the end of all chunks).
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Packet parameter names are defined in a global namespace, although
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not all parameters are relevant for all packet types. Parameters are
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enumerated, and the name is specified with a 1-byte value representing
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the enumerated name. Each packet parameter may have a value associated
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with it, and each parameter defines the size and how that value is
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given. The list of possible packet parameters are:
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0 END_OF_PARAMETERS - Marks the end of a parameter list.
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Parameters used for setting options:
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1 AUTH - 1-byte value with authentication mechanism
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to use. Possible values are:
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1 - MD5 on user and password.
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2 CHECKSUM - 1-byte value with preferred checksum
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type. Possible values are:
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3 COMPRESSION - 1-byte value with preferred compression
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type. Possible values are:
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4 FIELD_ENCODING - 1-byte value with preferred field encoding
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type. Possible values are:
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5 FIELD_INFO - 1-byte value to determine if field information
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should be sent. Possible values are:
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(6-63 Reserved for future options that can be set)
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Parameters used in responses:
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64 STATUS - 4-byte bit field.
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65 NUM_ROWS_AFFECTED - Length-encoded count of rows affected.
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66 NUM_ROWS_SCANNED - Length-encoded count of rows scanned.
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67 NUM_WARNINGS - Length-encoded count of warnings encountered.
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68 INSERT_ID - Last insert ID.
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69 ERROR_CODE - 4-byte error code.
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70 ERROR_STRING - Length-encoded string.
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71 SQL_STATE - Length-encoded string.
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72 NUM_FIELDS - 4-byte integer.
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73 FIELD_START - No value, starts a new set of field parameters.
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74 FIELD_TYPE - 2-byte enumerated type.
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75 FIELD_LENGTH - Length-encoded value.
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76 FIELD_FLAGS - 4-byte bit-field.
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77 DB_NAME - Length-encoded string.
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78 TABLE_NAME - Length-encoded string.
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79 ORIG_TABLE_NAME - Length-encoded string.
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80 FIELD_NAME - Length-encoded string.
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81 ORIG_FIELD_NAME - Length-encoded string.
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82 DEFAULT_VALUE - Length-encoded string.
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(83-255 Reserved for future responses parameters)
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"Length-encoded string" means a length-encoded value, followed by a
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string of that length.
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Inside of the chunked data, command packets consist of zero or more
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parameters depending on which options are being set, followed by
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a end of parameter marker, and then all data until the end of the
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chunks are considered arguments for the command. For a QUERY, this
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will be the actual query to run.
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The server responds with an OK or ERROR if no row data is given. A
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list of parameters may follow, and the marked with an end of parameter
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A data packet consists of a series of parameters, followed by the end
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of parameter, and then a series of length-encoded values holding field
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values. The NUM_FIELDS parameter must be given before any values, as
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this indicates when a start of a new row happens. The field values may
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either be in string format or native data type, depending on the value
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There may be multiple rows inside of a single DATA result packet. In
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the case of large result sets, the result should be split into multiple
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DATA packets since other concurrent commands on the connection will
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block if a single large packet is sent. By breaking resulting rows
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into multiple DATA packets, other commands are then allowed to send
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interleaved response packets.