Jan Wieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly