Re: EXECUTE status (was Re: [ODBC] About server side prepare)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: EXECUTE status (was Re: [ODBC] About server side prepare)
Date: 2002-12-20 17:56:55
Message-ID: 23639.1040407015@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I think it should return "EXECUTE" with the counts from the commands.
> Does that make sense?

No. It would break client libraries, which only expect command tags
INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE to be followed by counts. Also, INSERT has two
numbers associated with it, the others only one; if we allow both those
cases for EXECUTE then life gets even worse for the client library.

regards, tom lane

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