Re: deallocating prepared statements

>From: pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
>[mailto:pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of
>Daniel Verite
> Haszlakiewicz, Eric wrote:
>> dealloc_result = PQexecParams(conn, "DEALLOCATE $1", 1, deallocTypes,
>> deallocValues, deallocLengths, deallocFormats, 1);
>>
>> But I get this error:
>> syntax error at or near "$1" at character 12
>
>The prepared statement's name is not a literal, and in general
>parameterized queries don't accept parameters beyond literals. So you
>need to insert the name directly into the SQL command text.
>

Well, that sucks. Now I need to worry about quoting and escaping. :(
Is there a limit of what characters can be used in statement names?
Neither the docs for PQprepare(), nor the docs for the prepare statement
say anything about that.

eric