RE: ECPG: inconsistent behavior with the document in “GET/SET DESCRIPTOR.”

From: "Hayato Kuroda (Fujitsu)" <kuroda(dot)hayato(at)fujitsu(dot)com>
To: 'lakshmi' <lakshmigcdac(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Masashi Kamura (Fujitsu)" <kamura(dot)masashi(at)fujitsu(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: ECPG: inconsistent behavior with the document in “GET/SET DESCRIPTOR.”
Date: 2026-04-21 07:50:17
Message-ID: OS9PR01MB12149398DAE5BCB582837AC77F52C2@OS9PR01MB12149.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
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Dear Lakshmi,

> After applying the patch and rebuilding ecpg, the same statement is now rejected
> during preprocessing with a syntax error. So the patch works as expected.

His patch may work well, but I'm unclear whether it's the correct way to fix.
See my question [1]:

```
IIUC, there is another approach, allowing to specify multiple COUNT clause
in the SET/GET DESCRIPTOR. E.g.,
```

We may have to follow SQL standard or other precompilers like Pro*C.
(Not sure we should spend the effort for the investigation though)

[1]: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/OS9PR01MB12149D090EDD1D8D70770DED7F5232%40OS9PR01MB12149.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com

Best regards,
Hayato Kuroda
FUJITSU LIMITED

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