Re: PQexecPrepared() behavior - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PQexecPrepared() behavior
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Msg-id 13633.1251648588@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to PQexecPrepared() behavior  (Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org>)
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Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org> writes:
> Strange thing is, it seems PQexecPrepared() sends B(bind), Describe,
> Execute and Sync at once without checking the result of Bind
> message. Is this leagal from a point of view of the frontend/backend
> protocol?

Yes.  If we failed to do this then every query would involve multiple
network round-trips, which would be catastrophic for performance.
The Sync message is used to make error recovery well-defined.
        regards, tom lane


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