Re: case sensitivity in PQExecPrepared

From: "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: case sensitivity in PQExecPrepared
Date: 2004-07-16 20:46:50
Message-ID: 6EE64EF3AB31D5448D0007DD34EEB34101AEE5@Herge.rcsinc.local
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Merlin Moncure wrote:
> > While using the PQExecPrepared interface, the statement name passed
> > to the function (as a const char*) has to be in lower case to get it
> > to work. I kind of understand why this is, but it is kind of weird
> > that passing the exact same statement name to PQExecPrepared and
> > PREPARE does not work if it contains any upper case characters.
>
> PQExecPrepared is used in C programs, PREPARE is used in SQL programs.
> I think it's fairly obvious that those use different syntax rules.

Well, yes :) Just to be absolutely clear what I mean, the following
will fail (pseudocode, but you get the idea):

char stmt[] = "prepare X as select 0()";
PQexec(c, "execute X"); <-- works
PQexecPrepared(c, "X" [...]); <-- fails

You are saying this is the correct and expected behavior?

Merlin

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