Re: Libpq enhancement

On 6/19/2011 11:04 AM, Jeff Shanab wrote:
> I am wondering If I am missing something obvious. If not, I have a suggestion
> for plpgsql.
>
> Stored procedures can accept rows.
>
> Libpq can receive rows (PQResult).
>
> Wouldn’t it be a great interface if PQResult was “bi-directional”? Create a
> result set on the client then call the database with a command.
>
> Perhaps…
>
> PQinsert(PQResult,”schema.table”); //iterate thru rows inserting
>
> PQupdate(PQResult,”schema.table”); //iterate thru rows updateing
>
> PQexec(connection,”scheme.function”,PQResult) //iterate thru rows passing row as
> arg to stored procedure.
>

Have you looked into libpqtypes? It allows you to pack nested structures/arrays
and pass them as query/function parameters.

http://pgfoundry.org/projects/libpqtypes/
http://libpqtypes.esilo.com/ (docs)

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