Re: the IN clause saga

Oliver Jowett wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:05:45AM -0400, Fernando Nasser wrote:
>
>>Thanks for summarizing it Oliver.
>>
>>I've asked Tom Lane about the backend behavior and he informed me that:
>>
>>1) 7.4 backends do support parameters in the IN predicate, as ($1, $2,
>>$3) (i.e., our (?, ?, ?) syntax).
>>
>>2) 7.4 backends have a PostgreSQL specific extension that allows you to
>>fill the IN predicate with a list: ($1) (i.e., our (?) ). One has to
>>pass a PostgreSQL array, like integer[] to fill the list. Note that the
>>parenthesis is already in place, it is not generated by the ? expansion.
>
>
> I assume this is only when you're doing a PREPARE/EXECUTE?
>

yes.

>
>>The feature 2 in 7.4 backends is of limited use as the planner does not
>>know about the list, so the generated plan will not be as good as if you
>>pass the list with fixed values since the beginning. But an improvement
>>for this can be attempted for 7.5.
>
>
> Hm, then it sounds like the right solution is to have setArray() expand as
> the guts of an IN clause when the backend is <7.4 or server prepares are
> off, and the parameter is in a query of the form "... IN (?)", and as a
> normal array otherwise.
>

That is _exactly_ what I am proposing (option 2 of your summary)

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