Re: the parsing of parameters

Tom Lane wrote:
> Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com> writes:
> >> Hmm.  So your vision of PREPARE would allow the backend to reply
> >> with a list of parameter types.  How would you envision that working
> >> exactly?
>
> >     I  guess there's some sort of statement identifier you use to
> >     refer to something you've prepared. Wouldn't a function  call
> >     returning a list of names or type oid's be sufficient?
>
> I was thinking of having the type names returned unconditionally,
> perhaps like a SELECT result (compare the new behavior of EXPLAIN).
> But if we assume that this won't be a commonly used feature, maybe
> a separate inquiry operation is better.
   I wouldn't mind. One way or the other is okay with me.
   Reminds  me  though  of another feature we should have on the   TODO.  INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE ... RETURNING ...


Jan

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