On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 10:18:37AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes: > >> The server has to prepare the query sometime. The v3 protocol just gives > >> you > >> control over when that happens, but it doesn't force you to do it at any > >> particular time. > > > Not really. All named prepares are planned straight away, all unnamed > > ones are planned at bind time. Therefore you cannot have more than one > > parsed-but-not-planned prepared query at a time. In a connection pool > > scenario there's no way to share such plans since you can't tell which > > query has been prepared. That's not forcing, but it's an asymmetry we > > could do with out. > > Sure, but how much does it really matter? If you don't want the plan > saved for reuse, merely avoiding retransmission of the query text does > not seem like a major win. Having had time to think about it, I no > longer think the protocol design is a blocking bug for this problem > area. It's something we could improve when we are ready to design > protocol V4, but it does not seem in itself enough reason to make a > new protocol (with all the pain that entails).
That should either go into the TODO, or a "V4 wishlist"... -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512.569.9461 (cell) http://jim.nasby.net ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
