Re: Prepared statements considered harmful

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Prepared statements considered harmful
Date: 2006-08-31 19:14:32
Message-ID: 20060831191432.GL27851@svana.org
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 02:58:48PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> The protocol does let you use OOL parameters without retaining a
> prepared plan, thanks to the hack introduced later to not plan the
> unnamed statement at Parse time, but that's definitely a bit of a wart
> on the original protocol design. Maybe it's good enough, or maybe not.

Urk, so it was a hack. Unfortunatly it seems something you can't really
change without changing the protocol.

So what are the options now? A GUC like so:

prepare_means_plan = [true|false]

So then a prepare will always parse straightaway, but you can choose
whether or not you want to plan straightaway or at bind time.

Would this be acceptable?

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.

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