Not always. PreparedStatements can be created on the fly from any
select/update/insert query and as such can return rows (something that
functions can't). They also only live the length of the query.
Peter
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Shraibman [mailto:jks@selectacast.net]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 8:58 PM
To: Peter Mount
Cc: george stewart; Interfaces
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Anyway in JDBC to dectect if DB supports
pre-compilation
Isn't creating a function the same as precompiling?
Peter Mount wrote:
>
> No. as the backend doesn't currently supports it. As soon as it does, it
> will do.
>
> PreparedStatement is currently handled purely by the JDBC driver. As soon
as
> "pre-compilation" is supported, then the performance improvement would be
> immense.
>
> Peter
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: george stewart <georgestewartiv@yahoo.com>
> To: Interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 10:52 PM
> Subject: [INTERFACES] Anyway in JDBC to dectect if DB supports
> pre-compilation
>
> Sorry for slightly off-topic, but is there some way in
> JDBC to detect if the connection supports
> pre-compilation of prepared statements.
>
> Regards, george
>
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