Re: the IN clause saga - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

From Fernando Nasser
Subject Re: the IN clause saga
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Msg-id 3F1D4CC1.2080604@redhat.com
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In response to the IN clause saga  (Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com>)
List pgsql-jdbc
Dmitry Tkach wrote:
> Fernando Nasser wrote:
>
>> Thanks for summarizing it Oliver.
>>
>> I've asked Tom Lane about the backend behavior and he informed me that:
>>
>> 1) 7.4 backends do support parameters in the IN predicate, as ($1, $2,
>> $3) (i.e., our (?, ?, ?) syntax).
>>
>> 2) 7.4 backends have a PostgreSQL specific extension that allows you
>> to fill the IN predicate with a list: ($1)  (i.e., our (?) ).  One has
>> to pass a PostgreSQL array, like integer[] to fill the list.  Note
>> that the parenthesis is already in place, it is not generated by the ?
>> expansion.
>
>
> If I read this correctly, there is no need for any special handling
> from  the driver side - just setArray() should work. Or am I missing
> something?
>

With the new V3 protocol this is probably true (7.4 will support V3).

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