On 5/2/05, Neil Conway <neilc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm not sure I quite follow you -- in some future version of the backend > in which prepared queries are invalidated, this would be invisible to > the client. The client wouldn't need to explicitly check for the > "liveness" of the prepared query, they could just execute it -- if > necessary, the backend will re-plan the query before executing it. as I understood Tom's message, he's not advising dbd::pg driver to rely on the fact that earlier prepared query is still valid. I don't actually care abou the cases when DB structure has been changed and postgtres invalidated prepares because of that. -- Vlad ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq