Re: 7.3 Prepared statements

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Francisco J Reyes <fran(at)natserv(dot)net>
Cc: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Ericson Smith <eric(at)did-it(dot)com>, Postgresql General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 7.3 Prepared statements
Date: 2003-01-03 03:09:14
Message-ID: 200301030309.h0339E705789@candle.pha.pa.us
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A view is just syntaxic sugar added to a query that references the view.
A preparted statement actually saves the execution plan for repeated
execution.

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Francisco J Reyes wrote:
> On 17 Dec 2002, Neil Conway wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 10:19, Ericson Smith wrote:
> > > 1. What is the lifetime of the plan created?
> >
> > >From the PREPARE reference page:
> >
> > Prepared queries are stored locally (in the current backend), and only
> > exist for the duration of the current database session.
>
> What is the difference/advantage between a prepared query and a view?
>
>
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