Re: Positional parameters and question mark notation

From: Dmitriy Igrishin <dmitigr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andreas Lubensky <lubensky(at)cognitec(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General Discussion Forum <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Positional parameters and question mark notation
Date: 2014-01-20 10:08:04
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Hey Andreas,

2014/1/20 Andreas Lubensky <lubensky(at)cognitec(dot)com>

> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to make PostgreSQL support the question mark (?)
> notation instead of the dollar sign ($1, $2...) for prepared statements?
> Most databases use the question mark notation and we have a set of
> simple queries that are supposed to be portable across different
> database systems. So far we use PostgreSQL via ODBC, but now we want to
> switch to a native libpq implementation.
>
I believe that C-function for replacing '?' with '$n' can easily implemented
in the application code. Or you may want to look at libpqtypes:
http://libpqtypes.esilo.com/
Or (if you are C++) you may want to look at SOCI:
http://soci.sourceforge.net/

--
// Dmitriy.

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