Re: ecpg 'set' failure using host vars

Sorry about the 'false start' before. :-(

Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org> writes:
>> Without checking the sources it seems as if PQexecParams is not able> to handle a parameter in a set command. Can
anyoneconfirm this?
 
> 
> The backend only supports parameters in plannable statements, ie
> SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE.  (Possibly DECLARE CURSOR, I'm too
> lazy to check.)

Thanks for the hint guys.  I used a prepare/execute pair instead and
it worked a treat.  More cumbersome but it gets the job done.

Thanks again.

Bosco.