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SPI_prepare

SPI_prepare — prepare a statement, without executing it yet

Synopsis

SPIPlanPtr SPI_prepare(const char *command, intnargs, Oid *argtypes)

Description

SPI_prepare creates and returns a prepared statement for the specified command, but doesn't execute the command. The prepared statement can later be executed repeatedly usingSPI_execute_plan.

When the same or a similar command is to be executed repeatedly, it is generally advantageous to perform parse analysis only once, and might furthermore be advantageous to re-use an execution plan for the command.SPI_prepare converts a command string into a prepared statement that encapsulates the results of parse analysis. The prepared statement also provides a place for caching an execution plan if it is found that generating a custom plan for each execution is not helpful.

A prepared command can be generalized by writing parameters ($1,$2, etc.) in place of what would be constants in a normal command. The actual values of the parameters are then specified whenSPI_execute_plan is called. This allows the prepared command to be used over a wider range of situations than would be possible without parameters.

The statement returned bySPI_prepare can be used only in the current invocation of the C function, sinceSPI_finish frees memory allocated for such a statement. But the statement can be saved for longer using the functionsSPI_keepplan orSPI_saveplan.

Arguments

Return Value

SPI_prepare returns a non-null pointer to anSPIPlan, which is an opaque struct representing a prepared statement. On error,NULL will be returned, andSPI_result will be set to one of the same error codes used bySPI_execute, except that it is set toSPI_ERROR_ARGUMENT ifcommand isNULL, or ifnargs is less than 0, or ifnargs is greater than 0 andargtypes isNULL.

Notes

If no parameters are defined, a generic plan will be created at the first use ofSPI_execute_plan, and used for all subsequent executions as well. If there are parameters, the first few uses ofSPI_execute_plan will generate custom plans that are specific to the supplied parameter values. After enough uses of the same prepared statement,SPI_execute_plan will build a generic plan, and if that is not too much more expensive than the custom plans, it will start using the generic plan instead of re-planning each time. If this default behavior is unsuitable, you can alter it by passing theCURSOR_OPT_GENERIC_PLAN orCURSOR_OPT_CUSTOM_PLAN flag toSPI_prepare_cursor, to force use of generic or custom plans respectively.

Although the main point of a prepared statement is to avoid repeated parse analysis and planning of the statement,PostgreSQL will force re-analysis and re-planning of the statement before using it whenever database objects used in the statement have undergone definitional (DDL) changes since the previous use of the prepared statement. Also, if the value ofsearch_path changes from one use to the next, the statement will be re-parsed using the newsearch_path. (This latter behavior is new as ofPostgreSQL 9.3.) SeePREPARE for more information about the behavior of prepared statements.

This function should only be called from a connected C function.

SPIPlanPtr is declared as a pointer to an opaque struct type inspi.h. It is unwise to try to access its contents directly, as that makes your code much more likely to break in future revisions ofPostgreSQL.

The nameSPIPlanPtr is somewhat historical, since the data structure no longer necessarily contains an execution plan.