Re: Double prepare
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-05-16T13:46:27Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> writes: > Is there a way to see if the query has been prepared already (in libpq)? Use the pg_prepared_statements view. I don't think libpq keeps any client-side state about this. > Or is it better to run PQprepare for all known parameterized queries > in the very beginning of the program and just execute them when needed? Very probably. Querying pg_prepared_statements every time would be expensive. regards, tom lane