Re: prepareThreshold=1 and statement.executeBatch() ??

> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
>
>> I have a connection that is created with "prepareThreshold=1" in the
>> connection string. I use a prepared statement that I fill with
>> addbatch() and that I execute with executeBatch() (for full source: see
>> "application.java" attachment).
>>
>> LOG: statement: PREPARE S_2 AS update prototype.customers set title=
>> $1 , defaultcurrency=$2, defaulttermsofdelivery=$3 ,
>> defaulttermsofpayment=$4 where customernumber=$5
>> LOG: statement: <BIND>
>> LOG: statement: EXECUTE <unnamed> [PREPARE: update
>> prototype.customers set title=$1 , defaultcurrency=$2, defaultter
>> msofdelivery=$3, defaulttermsofpayment=$4 where customernumber=$5]
>> LOG: duration: 773.841 ms
>> LOG: statement: <BIND>
>> LOG: statement: EXECUTE <unnamed> [PREPARE: update
>> prototype.customers set title=$1 , defaultcurrency=$2, defaultter
>> msofdelivery=$3, defaulttermsofpayment=$4 where customernumber=$5]
>> LOG: duration: 377.981 ms
>>
>> Does this output mean that the prepared statement with the name "S_2" is
>> not used in the following 2 EXECUTE statements and that therefor each
>> execute statement is planned again?

The driver does not actually issue PREPARE or EXECUTE statements; the
server is pretending that the protocol-level Prepare/Bind/Execute
messages are actually something issuing PREPARE/EXECUTE at the SQL level
(but in reality, nothing is issuing precisely the queries that are being
logged -- the query that is submitted is just your plain "update ..."
query).

The PREPARE S_2 AS .. logs that a Prepare message was processed (for the
query "update ..."). This does parsing/planning work and creates a named
prepared statement called S_2 on the server.

The <BIND> means that some previously prepared statement (you can't tell
which statement from what is logged! -- but it's S_2 in this case) is
being bound to parameter values via a Bind message, creating an unnamed
portal.

The EXECUTE <unnamed> means the unnamed portal is being executed via an
Execute message. It also logs the underlying statement at that point,
but not the statement name (!).

So if I read the logs right, the single prepared statement S_2 *is*
being reused in the case above.

Yes, it's a horribly confusing way for the server to log things. I
raised it on -hackers earlier in the 8.1 cycle, but I've not had time to
work on it myself.

-O