Re: [BUGS] BUG #14483: Prepared statement does not re-plan while it should

cnliou9@fastmail.fm writes:
> test=# CREATE TABLE x1 (c1 INTEGER);
> CREATE TABLE
> test=# PREPARE p1 AS SELECT * FROM x1;
> PREPARE

> (
> Run this SQL in another session:
> ALTER TABLE x1 ADD c2 TEXT;
> )

> test=# EXECUTE p1;
> ERROR:  cached plan must not change result type

This behavior is intentional: it's to keep applications from having to
deal with the possibility that they prepare a statement, Describe it
to find out what columns it returns, and then when they actually execute
it, it returns some other column set.

            regards, tom lane


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