Re: Double prepare

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Double prepare
Date: 2026-05-16 14:07:01
Message-ID: 02D2D7C5-7932-4030-B65A-4BECB645E9F0@gmail.com
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> On May 16, 2026, at 7:46 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
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> Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Is there a way to see if the query has been prepared already (in libpq)?
>
> Use the pg_prepared_statements view. I don't think libpq keeps any
> client-side state about this.
>
>> Or is it better to run for all known parameterized queries
>> in the very beginning of the program and just execute them when needed?
>
> Very probably. Querying every time would be
> expensive.
>
If I am following correctly, one may query pg_prepared_statements with a specific query in hand. Should it not then be possible to cache that query as having been planned/prepared and proceed accordingly?

Might there be value in calling PQprepare as late as possible against most up-to-dare data?

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