Re: PQexecParams and types

From: Czuczy Gergely <phoemix(at)harmless(dot)hu>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PQexecParams and types
Date: 2004-02-03 14:56:06
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hello

to leave it unspecified what value should I set to the paramTypes array?
and could you insert this answer to to docs, it could be useful

Bye,

Gergely Czuczy
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> Czuczy Gergely <phoemix(at)harmless(dot)hu> writes:
> > i've read in the docs to use the proper indexes both types must match in
> > the where clause, to achive this the user can simply put a string into the
> > side of the equation mark and pgsql will convert it automaticly. my
> > question is, when I'm using PQexecParams, should I give all the values as
> > a string, and it will be converted, or I have to figure out the type of
> > the given field somehow?
>
> You should leave the parameter types unspecified. Their types will be
> resolved in much the same way that a quoted literal is handled.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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