Re: Using DEFAULT as a parameter value with PQexecPrepare()

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> I was looking for a to use a prepared statement for this operation.
>
>  PREPARE myinsert  AS "INSERT INTO t ( c1, c2, c3, c4, c5) VALUES ( $1, $2, $3, $4, $5);
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> Now I want to execute this prepared statement something like:
>
> EXECUTE myinsert ( 'abc', 1, DEFAULT, 9, 3);
>
> Is there any way to specify the column's default value as a parameter value?

You will need to have separate prepared statements. In the case above,
you can use either:

PREPARE myinsert2 AS INSERT INTO t(c1,c2,c3,c4,c5) VALUES ($1,$2,DEFAULT,$3,$4);

or

PREPARE myinsert2 AS INSERT INTO t(c1,c2,c4,c5) VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4);

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