Re: Prepared statements considered harmful - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Am Donnerstag, 31. August 2006 15:36 schrieb Csaba Nagy:
> On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:19, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > OK, why don't you work out an example.  Let's look at this query:
> >
> > SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE a LIKE $1;
> >
> > What two plans would you prepare?
>
> if substring($1 from 1 for 1) != '%' then
>   use plan 1 (see below);
> else
>   use plan 2 (see below);
> end if;

Note that plan 1 can only be created if you know the actual value for $1.

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Peter Eisentraut
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