Re: Suggesting a libpq addition

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 11:57, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> On 05.12.2010 12:10, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:22, Marc Balmer<marc(at)msys(dot)ch>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I am suggesting adding a function to libpq:
>>>
>>> PGresult *PQvexec(PGconn *conn, const char *fmt, ...);
>>>
>>> It behaves similar to PQexec, but it allows for printf style varargs and
>>
>> How is that not a horrible idea, compared to using PQexecParams()? You
>> have to remember to do all your escaping and things manually, whereas
>> PQexecParams() does it automatically.
>
> A varargs version of PQexecParams() would be handy, though. Imagine being
> able to do:
>
> PQexecVParams("SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE foo = $1 AND bar = $2", foovar,
> barvar);
>
> instead of constructing an array for the variables.

I agree, that sounds a lot more useful. And if definitely needs to be
split off from the auto-reconnection stuff.

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