Re: Getting the results columns before execution

Tom Lane wrote:

>Shachar Shemesh <psql(at)shemesh(dot)biz> writes:
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>>... This is a problem, as merely preparing a command is
>>not enough to get the returned rows information.
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>Sure it is, if you are using the V3 protocol (new in 7.4).
>See the Describe message types.
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> regards, tom lane
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Are those exposed through the libpq interface?
If not, is there a way to use the libpq interface for most operations,
and only for the rest to use whatever it is you are suggesting I use
(couldn't locate it in the docs, yet)

Funnily enough, mandating protocol version 3 is not my problem at the
moment. I may have to do so for a host of other reasons as well. I
guess, if you want to use an earlier version of the database, you will
have to make do with the ole db to ODBC interface.

Shachar

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